1903 The Complete Buffet Guide or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks by V.B. Lewis

Toasts and A fter Dinner S peeches

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A little health , a little wealth, A little house and freedom, With some few friends for certain ends, But little cause to need 'em. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents like Arabs, And as silently steal away.

Here's to the woman, Who in our hours of ease

Uncertain, coy and hard to please, But seen too oft-familiar thy face, First we pity , then endure and then embrace.

The health of those we love the best : Our noble selves.

Here's to the lasses we 've loved, my lad, Here's to the lips we 've pressed; For of kisses and lasses Like liquor in glasses, The last is always the best . Here's t o a long: li:fe and ?- lUerry one, A qui ck death and an easy one, A pretty girl and a true one, A cold bottle and another one.