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title: "Inscription on a Goblet"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1795"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/inscription-on-a-goblet/"
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# Inscription on a Goblet

## Poem
There’s Death in the cup, so beware!  
Nay, more—there is danger in touching;  
But who can avoid the fell snare,  
The man and his wine’s so bewitching!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/inscription-on-a-goblet/