If our own life is the life of a flower
( And that's what some sages are thinking ),
We should moisten the bud with a health-giving flood
And‘ twill bloom all the sweeter —
Yes, life's the completer
For drinking, and drinking, and drinking.
If it be that our life is a journey
( As many wise folk are opining ),
We should sprinkle the way with the rain while we may;
Though dusty and dreary,
‘ Tis made cool and cheery
With wining, and wining, and wining.
If this life that we live be a dreaming
( As pessimist people are thinking ),
To induce pleasant dreams there is nothing, meseems,
Like this sweet prescription,
That baffles description —
This drinking, and drinking, and drinking.