File:William Hogarth - Gin Lane.jpg

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current02:46, 4 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 02:46, 4 January 20174,000 × 4,638 (5.72 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)<i>Gin Lane</i>, from <i>Beer Street and Gin Lane</i> <p>The accompanying poem, not printed in this reissue, reads: </p> <dl> <dd>Gin, cursed Fiend, with Fury fraught,</dd> <dd>   Makes human Race a Prey.</dd> <dd>It enters by a deadly Draught</dd> <dd>   And steals our Life away.</dd> </dl> <p><br></p> <dl> <dd>Virtue and Truth, driv'n to Despair</dd> <dd>   Its Rage compells to fly,</dd> <dd>But cherishes with hellish Care</dd> <dd>   Theft, Murder, Perjury.</dd> </dl> <p><br></p> <dl> <dd>Damned Cup! that on the Vitals preys</dd> <dd>   That liquid Fire contains,</dd> <dd>Which Madness to the heart conveys,</dd> <dd>   And rolls it thro' the Veins.</dd> </dl>
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