Shropshire Lad #62
By A.E. Houseman
If it's dancing you would be
there's brisker pipes than poetry
Say, for what were hop yards meant?
And why was Burton built on Trent?
Malt does more than Milton can
to justify God's ways to man.
Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink
for fellows whom it hurts to think.
Look into the pewter pot
to see the world as the world's not