Lines on Ale

Summary

Edgar Allan Poe’s “Lines on Ale” is a humorous drinking poem, where ale inspires fleeting visions, strange thoughts, and carefree dismissal of time’s passage.

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Fill with mingled cream and amber
I will drain that glass again.
Such hilarious visions clamber
Through the chamber of my brain –
Quaintest thoughts – queerest fancies
Come to life and fade away;
What care I how time advances?
I am drinking ale today.


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