Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is …

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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. ✨ 'The Church-porch', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, when once it is within thee. ✨ 'The Church-porch', collected in The Temple, Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations (published posthumously, 1633).

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