Selected Poetry.
THE GOOD RHINE WINE. [To be sunj at the Philharmonic Society’s Concert.] Pour out the Rhine wine, let it flow, Like a free and gushing river ; Till sadness sinks, and every woe Lies drowned ’neath the waves for ever, For naught can cheer the hearts that pine Like a deep, deep draught of the good Rhine Like a deep, deep, &c. [wine. Pour out the Rhine wine evermore, Let the goblet ne’er be tiring ; The poet’s song, and the sage’s lore, And the patriot’s lofty soul inspiring ; For an offering meet at Freedom’s shrine Is a deep, deep draught of the good Rhine Is a deep, deep, &c, [wine. Pour out the Rhine wine, when each hand Doth grasp a brimming measure ; The pledge shall be our Fatherland, And Freedom, Friendship, Love and Pleasure. Then hurrah for the land of the purple wine, And a deep, deep draught of the good Rhine And a deep, deep, &c. [wine.
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Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 October 1869, Page 6
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160Selected Poetry. Marlborough Express, Volume IV, Issue 199, 16 October 1869, Page 6
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