Christmas in the Jungle

'TIS A LIQUOR ATTRACTIVE, IN COLOUR PALE PINK,
IN INDIA CALLED SIMPKIN, IN EUROPE CHAMPAGNE;
SHALL I BREAK MY CREED'S VOWS IF I VENTURE TO DRINK?
SUCH A CHANCE MAY PERHAPS NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN.
YES, I'LL TASTE OF THE CUP! AND THIS TOAST I PROPOSE:
MAY FERINGHEE AND INDIAN EVER UNITE
IN CORDIAL ALLIANCE TO STRIKE DOWN THEIR FOES,
AND MAY FOES, LIKE THIS TIGER, ACKNOWLEDGE OUR MIGHT.