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Show PETOFI'S THREE REASONS FOR DRINKING. Translation from the Hungarian, in the Westminster Westmin-ster Gazette. Let him drink who has not known Ever sweetheart of his own, , Till he dream that each fair maiden Loves and lives for him alone. Let him drink whose purse is bare, Coffers empty to the air, Till he feels his pockets swelling F.ull of guineas, golden, rare. l ' J Let him drink whose heart Is dead, Faith is shaken, hope is fled, , ' Till his griefs in distance Jading " From his spirit life their lead. r - I Never sweetheart smiles cxi 'me, Bare my pooket, scant my glee; Therefore, more than all the others, L'etwme drink, good reasons three! Q. B. S. |