stable-boys smoking long-nines.
That were garnered by maidens who laugh’d thro’ the vines.
scowl howl scoff cheer,
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.