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A quarrel rose, both long and loud, / A well-stocked wine-cellar within, / Where wine-bibbers -- a goodly crowd -- / Tasted and argued, talked and sipped again.
The occasion was, that many tried / Veterans their voices did combine, / With obstinacy, rude and flagrant, / That no such drinks our times supplied, / No such delicious, luscious wine, / As days gone by -- so generous, fine, / So ripe, so mellow and so fragrant.