“What can you expect from a nation that lives chiefly upon tonics.”—Vide Saturday Review. 1866.

1.

Drink wine only with thy Drugs

And I will drink with mine,—

Or leave a “peg” within the cup,

And I’ll not seek Quinine!

2.

O some may praise John Barleycorn,

And some the juice of Cadiz,

But I will sing of Chlorodyne,