To a Vintner of Parnassus

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To a Vintner of Parnassus

WINE, to be worth the name, must needs have
one
Of two good things—body or bouquet.
Either
Will help it down a willing throat to run;
But the vast wash you pour as from the tun
Has neither.

Title: To a Vintner of Parnassus
Identifier: greatwar_watsonretro031

Item sets: Retrogression and Other Poems

Media: <html xmlns:tei="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><body><h1 align="center" class="head">To a Vintner of Parnassus</h1><div class="stanza"><p class="line">WINE, to be worth the name, must needs have</p><p class="line">one</p><p class="line">Of two good things—body or <em>bouquet.</em></p><p class="line">Either</p><p class="line">Will help it down a willing throat to run;</p><p class="line">But the vast wash <em>you</em> pour as from the tun</p><p class="line">Has neither.</p></div></body></html>