27 OCTOBER 1967, Page 3

Drink to me only

CHRISTOPHER HOLLIS

0, drink with me only orange pop And leave the whisky there, Or take a little fruit-juice cup • And do not look for beer. The man that does not take a drop Has nothing hard to fear, But they who of Jove's nectar sup May find their heads go queer.

I gave thee late, when troubles teeth, A bag, not charging thee, But that I thought the force at large Might likely want to see.

But thou therein didst only breathe And gav'st it back to me, And crystals showed a drunk in charge As plain as plain could be.