ABSINTHE, beloved of art-nouveau ladies Has all the effects of the rivers of Hades.
	Chaucerian Hosts hold a license to sneer Should you order owt but a pint of strong BEER.
O! Soft-fingered May, when the fruit gilds the tree! And is brutally crushed into a DAIQUIRI.
	The Muses but seldom on minds take effect; An oversight LAUDANUM seeks to correct.
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