If our own life is the life of a flower <br /> (And that's what some sages are thinking), <br />We should moisten the bud with a health-giving flood <br /> And 'twill bloom all the sweeter-- <br /> Yes, life's the completer <br /> For drinking, <br /> and drinking, <br /> and drinking. <br /> <br />If it be that our life is a journey <br /> (As many wise folk are opining), <br />We should sprinkle the way with the rain while we may; <br /> Though dusty and dreary, <br /> 'Tis made cool and cheery <br /> With wining, <br /> and wining, <br /> and wining. <br /> <br />If this life that we live be a dreaming <br /> (As pessimist people are thinking), <br />To induce pleasant dreams there is nothing, meseems, <br /> Like this sweet prescription, <br /> That baffles description-- <br /> This drinking, <br /> and drinking, <br /> and drinking.<br /><br />Eugene Field<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-rhine-land-drinking-song/
