Drink, friends, drink deep-the moon is high; <br />Drink, and forget your care- <br />The sultry summer suns are nigh- <br />Drink, and your strength repair; <br />The deer, that from the hunter flies, <br />The warrior, red with slaughter, <br />The camel, under burning skies, <br />Quaff deep the crystal water! <br /> <br /> <br />Our father, Sun, the example gives, <br />Our mother, Earth, also; <br />He, jocund, drinks above the clouds, <br />She, blushing, drinks below- <br />Pledge high, pledge long, the friends you love, <br />To absent wife and daughter, <br />Or blooming maid who rules your heart, <br />Drink deep-but in cold water!<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/drinking-song-5/
