In courts and palaces he also reigns,
And in luxurious cities, where the noise
Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers,
And injury, and outrage: and when night
Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons
Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Paradise Lost, Bk. I. MILTON.
From wine what sudden friendship springs!
The Squire and his Cur. J. GAY.
And wine can of their wits the wise beguile.
Make the sage frolic, and the serious smile.
Odyssey, Bk. XIV. HOMER. Trans. of POPE.
O, when we swallow down
Intoxicating wine, we drink damnation;
Naked we stand, the sport of mocking fiends.
Who grin to see our nobler nature vanquished,
Subdued to beasts.
Wife's Reick. C. JOHNSON.
WISDOM.
By wisdom wealth is won;
But riches purchased wisdom yet for none.
The Wisdom of Ali. B. TAYLOR.
On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows,
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
Love of Fame: Satire I. DR. E. YOUNG.
In idle wishes fools supinely stay;
Be there a will, and wisdom finds a way.
The Birth of Flattery. G. CRABBE.
Wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.
Night Thoughts, Night VIII. DR. E. YOUNG.
And Wisdom's self
Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,
Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation,
She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings,
That in the various bustle of resort
Were all-to ruffled, and sometimes impaired.
Comus. MILTON.