Classic Poem

Up or Down?

Look not upon the wine when it
Is red within the cup,
But summon all your native grit
And boldly drink it up:
Or if on this constructive act
The sage grammarian frown,
Hold fast to the substantial fact
And blithely drink it down .
For naught to him can signify
What Lindley Murray thinks it,
Who, having wine, and being dry,
Incontinently drinks it.English