Adam's pale ale never rises,

There's no strychnine, boys, in that!

What to us the size of bottles?

Pint or quart, who cares a jot?

While we to tea confine our throttles,

Ours will always be a Pot.

(Only mind lest "Fine Young Hyson"

Be a synonyme for "sloe:"

And beware the aqueous poison

Which from filthy Thames doth flow.)