Lord Byron - Headpiece to Don Juan ("I would to Heaven") lyrics

I would to heaven that I were so much clay, As I am blood, bone, marrow, pa**ion, feeling - Because at least the past were pa**ed away - And for the future - (but I write this reeling, Having got drunk exceedingly today, So that I seem to stand upon the ceiling) I say - the future is a serious matter - And so - for God's sake - hock and soda water!