The World’s Wit and Humor: An Encyclopedia in 15 Volumes. 1906.
Li Bai (701762)Intoxication
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And why should such pother be made?
Better far to be tipsy, I deem,
And doze all day long in the shade.
I hear ’mid the flowers a bird sing;
I ask, “Is it evening, or dawn?”
The mango-bird whistles, “’Tis spring!”
Another full goblet I pour,
And would sing till the moon rises bright—
But soon I’m as drunk as before.