View All Poems by William Butler Yeats Timeline (1865 - 1939)William Butler YeatsA Drunken Man's Praise of SobrietyCome swish around, my pretty punk,And keep me dancing stillThat I may stay a sober manAlthough I drink my fill.Sobriety is a jewelThat I do much adore;And therefore keep me dancingThough drunkards lie and snore.O mind your feet, O mind your feet,Keep dancing like a wave,And under every dancerA dead man in his grave.No ups and downs, my pretty,A mermaid, not a punk;A drunkard is a dead man,And all dead men are drunk.
View All Poems by William Butler Yeats Timeline (1865 - 1939)William Butler YeatsA Drunken Man's Praise of SobrietyCome swish around, my pretty punk,And keep me dancing stillThat I may stay a sober manAlthough I drink my fill.Sobriety is a jewelThat I do much adore;And therefore keep me dancingThough drunkards lie and snore.O mind your feet, O mind your feet,Keep dancing like a wave,And under every dancerA dead man in his grave.No ups and downs, my pretty,A mermaid, not a punk;A drunkard is a dead man,And all dead men are drunk.