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

Toasts and A fter Dinner Speeches

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I will drink to the woman who .wrought my woe, In the diamond morning of long ago; To the splendor, caught from Orient skies That thrilled in the dark of I:ier hazel eyes , Her large eyes filled with the fire of the sout h, And the dewy wine of her warm red mouth.

Well, I wonder what the vintners buy One-half so precious as the stuff they sell.

Here's a health to me and mine, Not forgetting thee and thine:

And when thee and thine Come to see me and mine May me and mine make thee and thine

As welcome as thee and thine Have ever made me and mine.

Tobacco-Thy clouds all other clouds dispel, and lap me in delight.

Sparkling and bright in the liquid light, Does the wine in our goblets gleam in.

Come, fill the glass and drain the bowl; May love and Bacchus still agree; And every American warm his soul With Cupid, Wipe and Liberty..

A health to our sweethearts, our friends and o~r wives, And may fortune smile on them the rest of their lives.

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