Wine comes in at the mouth
And love comes in at the eye;
That’s all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

Readings

W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Edna O'Brien
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Sinéad Cusack
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Edna O'Brien
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
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W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Edna O'Brien
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Sinéad Cusack
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Edna O'Brien
W.B. Yeats: 'A Drinking Song' read by Patrick Kennedy
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