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   nancygene.andjayme@gmail-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (NancyGene) posted:   
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   > > Christmas   
   > > by W.H. Davies   
   > >   
   > > Christmas has come, let's eat and drink"   
   > > This is no time to sit and think;   
   > > Farewell to study, books and pen,   
   > > And welcome to all kinds of men.   
   > > Let all men now get rid of care,   
   > > And what one has let others share;   
   > > Then 'tis the same, no matter which   
   > > Of us is poor, or which is rich.   
   > > Let each man have enough this day,   
   > > Since those that can are glad to pay;   
   > > There's nothing now too rich or good   
   > > For poor men, not the King's own food.   
   > > Now like a singing bird my feet   
   > > Touch earth, and I must drink and eat.   
   > > Welcome to all men: I'll not care   
   > > What any of my fellows wear;   
   > > We'll not let cloth divide our souls,   
   > > They'll swim stark naked in the bowls.   
   > > Welcome, poor beggar: I'll not see   
   > > That hand of yours dislodge a flea,"   
   > > While you sit at my side and beg,   
   > > Or right foot scratching your left leg.   
   > > Farewell restraint: we will not now   
   > > Measure the ale our brains allow,   
   > > But drink as much as we can hold.   
   > > We'll count no change when we spend gold;   
   > > This is no time to save, but spend,   
   > > To give for nothing, not to lend.   
   > > Let foes make friends: let them forget   
   > > The mischief-making dead that fret   
   > > The living with complaint like this"   
   > > "He wronged us once, hate him and his."   
   > > Christmas has come; let every man   
   > > Eat, drink, be merry all he can.   
   > > Ale's my best mark, but if port wine   
   > > Or whisky's yours"let it be mine;   
   > > No matter what lies in the bowls,   
   > > We'll make it rich with our own souls.   
   > > Farewell to study, books and pen,   
   > > And welcome to all kinds of men.   
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   > Posted several hours before   
      
   Posted here on the newsgroup or on his blog?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)