..." sermons and soda-water," in the same dose. lie is of Byron's opinion — each in its turn ! — " Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter ; Sermons and soda-water the day after .'" He strives to produce the mirth and laughter, first by the humorous collocation of incidents, in...

...gush of hope that form the sweetest ingredients in the cup of life. Byron's famous toast — " Give us wine and women — mirth and laughter, Sermons and soda-water the day after — " will never want for admirers. What poet has not celebrated the pleasures of wine ? But for wine...