Patrick Kavanagh

Drunkard

From your wine-cask I fill
My glass again
And I will drink to all
Unhappy men.

And I will drink to those
Dark passionate
Children who dance unto
Death's rusty gate.

And I will drink to every
Dog that goes
Bravely to that far country
No one knows.

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