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Category: Funny Whimsical Poems
Classic humorous and funny poems using whimsy. Humourosly quaint and fanciful, especially in an amusing way. ODE FOR A SOCIAL MEETING WITH SLIGHT ALTERATIONS BY A TEETOTALER
Come! fill a fresh bumper,--for why should we go
logwood
While the {nectar} still reddens our cups as they flow?
decoction
Pour out the {rich juices} still bright with the sun,
dye-stuff
Till o'er the brimmed crystal the {rubies} shall run.
half-ripened apples
The {purple-globed clusters} their life-dews have bled;
taste sugar of lead
How sweet is the {breath} of the {fragrance they shed}!
rank poisons wines!!!
For Summer's {last roses} lie hid in the {wines}
stable-boys smoking long-nines
That were garnered by {maidens who laughed through the vines},
scowl howl scoff sneer
Then a {smile}, and a {glass}, and a {toast}, and a {cheer},
strychnine and whiskey, and ratsbane and beer
For {all the good wine, and we've some of it here}!
In cellar, in pantry, in attic, in hall,
Down, down with the tyrant that masters us all!
{Long live the gay servant that laughs for us all!}
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
[Transcriber's note: The words in {braces} are struck out in the
original text with alternatives above.]
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