Drinking by Abraham Cowley
b"Cowley read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\n http://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n \\n Giving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n \\n ---------------------------------------------------\\n \\n Drinking\\n by Abraham Cowley (1618 \\u2013 1667) \\n \\n The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, \\n And drinks and gapes for drink again; \\n The plants suck in the earth, and are \\n With constant drinking fresh and fair; \\n The sea itself (which one would think \\n Should have but little need of drink) \\n Drinks twice ten thousand rivers up, \\n So fill'd that they o'erflow the cup. \\n The busy Sun (and one would guess \\n By 's drunken fiery face no less) \\n Drinks up the sea, and when he 's done, \\n The Moon and Stars drink up the Sun: \\n They drink and dance by their own light, \\n They drink and revel all the night: \\n Nothing in Nature 's sober found, \\n But an eternal health goes round. \\n Fill up the bowl, then, fill it high, \\n Fill all the glasses there\\u2014for why \\n Should every creature drink but I? \\n Why, man of morals, tell me why? \\n \\n For hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n \\n Reading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2007"