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Then here's to the heartening wassail, Wherever good fellows are found Be its master instead of its vassal, and order the glasses around.

Ogden Nash

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Ogden Nash
Age: 68 †
Born: 1902
Born: August 19
Died: 1971
Died: May 19
Poet
Screenwriter
Writer
New York
United States
Frederic Ogden Nash
Instead
Vassal
Found
Heartening
Order
Wherever
Around
Glasses
Heart
Fellows
Good
Master
Drinking
Masters

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