EUBULUS 4th century

THE BENEFITS AND MISUSE OF ALCOHOL

Three cups of wine a prudent man may take,

The first of these for constitution’s sake.

The second to the girl he loves the best,

The third and last to lull him to his rest.

Then home to bed - but, if a fourth he pours,

That is the cup of folly and not ours.

Loud noisy talking on the fifth attends,

The sixth breeds feuds and falling out of friends.

Seven begets blows and faces stained with gore,

Eight, and the watch patrol breaks ope the door.

Mad with the ninth, another cup goes round,

And the swilled sot drops senseless to the ground.

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