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Come fill up my cup, come fill up my cann, Come saddle my horses, and call up my man; Come open your gates, and let me gae free, I daurna stay langer in Bonny Dundee!

—Scott, Sir Walter

   The Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said,Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying,This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred†[nor] allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence.

—King, Martin LutherJr

Give me the plumpVenetian, fat, and lusty, That meets me soft and supple, smiles upon me As if a cup of full wine leaped to kiss me.

—Fo, Dario

For auld lang syne, my jo, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.

—Burns, Robert

   The L ismy shepherd; Ishall not want.He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.Yea, though I walk through the valleyof theshadow of death,I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the L for ever.

—Bible (Old Testament)

There's death in the cupösae beware! Nay, moreöthere is danger in touching; But wha can avoid the fell snare? The man and his wine's sae bewitching!

—Burns, Robert

We flee from Death's bitter cup; he follows, loving and fain.

—Abu'l-'Ala¤   Al-Ma'arri

Fill the cup, and fill the can: Have a rouse before the morn: Every moment dies a man, Every moment one is born.

—Tennyson

I have seen flowers come in stony places And kind things done by men with ugly faces, And the gold cup won by the worst horse at the races, So I trust, too.

—Masefield,John Edward

That cordial drop heaven in our cup has thrown To make the nauseous draught of life go down.

—Rochester,JohnWilmot, 2nd Earl of

Drink to me, only, with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I'll not look for wine.

—Jonson, Ben

The theory that the League and Cup double will never be done in modern times is nonsense. I realize no one has done it for sixty years, but there is a simple explanation for that. No club has been good enough.

—Busby, Sir Matt(hew)

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Years steal Fire from the mind as vigour from the limb; And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.

—Rochdale

Thou shalt prepare a table before me against them that trouble me: thou hast anointed my head with oil, and my cup shall be full.

—Book of Common Prayer

A big hard-boiled city with no more personality than a paper cup.

—Chandler, Raymond

My times be inThy hand! Perfect the cup as planned! Let age approve of youth, and Death complete the same!

—Browning, Robert

Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.

—Bible (NewTestament)

I cannot remember things I once read A few friends, but theyare in cities. Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup Looking down for miles Through high still air.

—Snyder, Gary Sherman

While Socrates empties the cup of poison with unshaken soul,Christ exclaims,'If it is possible, let this cup pass from me'.Christ in this respect is the self- confession of human sensibility.

—Feuerbach, Ludwig

   It is the lees left by Bismarck that still foul the cup.

—Grey of Fallodon, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount