O, no, I'll never drink again, <br />The cup I'll never take; <br />My lips are now forbid to taste <br />E'en for old friendship's sake. <br />From shop to shop they beckon me, <br />To banish my regret, <br />And Brandy freely offer me- <br />They think that I'll forget. <br /> <br /> <br />With shame I blush to view the scene, <br />That I so oft did see; <br />As with the tipler I have been- <br />They'll find a change in me. <br />'Tis time that I had drunk my last, <br />My cheeks with tears are wet, <br />To think of follies of the past, <br />O, how can I forget. <br /> <br /> <br />They tell me I'm unhappy now, <br />They'd wish to make me gay; <br />And hint that I'll forget my vow- <br />I heed not what they say. <br />Through life I now will press my course, <br />Until my sun is set, <br />And bless the hour I took the pledge, <br />Oh! how can I forget.<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/oh-no-i-ll-never-drink-again/
