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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=539683" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Demon Drink</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Oh, thou demon Drink, thou fell destroyer;<br>Thou curse of society, and its greatest annoyer.<br>What hast thou done to society, let me think?<br>I answer thou hast caused the most of ills, thou demon Drink. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Thou causeth the mother to neglect her child,<br>Also the father to act as he were wild,<br>So that he neglects his loving wife and family dear,<br>By spending his earnings foolishly on whisky, rum and beer. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And after spending his earnings foolishly he beats his wife-<br>The man that promised to protect her during life-<br>And so the man would if there was no drink in society,<br>For seldom a man beats his wife in a state of sobriety. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And if he does, perhaps he finds his wife fou',<br>Then that causes, no doubt, a great hullaballo;<br>When he finds his wife drunk he begins to frown,<br>And in a fury of passion he knocks her down. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And in that knock down she fractures her head,<br>And perhaps the poor wife she is killed dead,<br>Whereas, if there was no strong drink to be got,<br>To be killed wouldn't have been the poor wife's lot. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the unfortunate husband is arrested and cast into jail,<br>And sadly his fate he does bewail;<br>And he curses the hour that ever was born,<br>And paces his cell up and down very forlorn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And when the day of his trial draws near,<br>No doubt for the murdering of his wife he drops a tear,<br>And he exclaims, &quot;Oh, thou demon Drink, through thee I must die,&quot;<br>And on the scaffold he warns the people from drink to fly, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Because whenever a father or a mother takes to drink,<br>Step by step on in crime they do sink,<br>Until their children loses all affection for them,<br>And in justice we cannot their children condemn. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The man that gets drunk is little else than a fool,<br>And is in the habit, no doubt, of advocating for Home Rule;<br>But the best Home Rule for him, as far as I can understand,<br>Is the abolition of strong drink from the land. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And the men that get drunk in general wants Home Rule;<br>But such men, I rather think, should keep their heads cool,<br>And try and learn more sense, I most earnestlty do pray,<br>And help to get strong drink abolished without delay. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">If drink was abolished how many peaceful homes would there be,<br>Just, for instance in the beautiful town of Dundee;<br>then this world would be heaven, whereas it's a hell,<br>An the people would have more peace in it to dwell </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Alas! strong drink makes men and women fanatics,<br>And helps to fill our prisons and lunatics;<br>And if there was no strong drink such cases wouldn't be,<br>Which would be a very glad sight for all christians to see. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O admit, a man may be a very good man,<br>But in my opinion he cannot be a true Christian<br>As long as he partakes of strong drink,<br>The more that he may differently think. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But no matter what he thinks, I say nay,<br>For by taking it he helps to lead his brither astray,<br>Whereas, if he didn't drink, he would help to reform society,<br>And we would soon do away with all inebriety. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then, for the sake of society and the Church of God,<br>Let each one try to abolish it at home and abroad;<br>Then poverty and crime would decrease and be at a stand,<br>And Christ's Kingdom would soon be established throughout the land. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Therefore, brothers and sisters, pause and think,<br>And try to abolish the foul fiend, Drink.<br>Let such doctrine be taught in church and school,<br>That the abolition of strong drink is the only Home Rule.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=William+Topaz+McGonagall">William Topaz McGonagall</a><div class=q>
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Thou curse of society, and its greatest annoyer.
What hast thou done to society, let me think?
I answer thou hast caused the most of ills, thou demon Drink. 

Thou causeth the mother to neglect her child,..."></div>
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