"Lines on Ale" is a short poem by Edgar Allan Poe that trades gothic dread for gleeful indulgence. The speaker raises a glass of cream-laced amber ale and welcomes the quaint thoughts and queer fancies that bubble up through his pleasantly clouded mind. Light, rhythmic, and almost defiantly carefree, the poem captures a rare mood from Poe — one of warmth and whimsy — as the speaker dismisses the march of time in favour of another satisfying drink.

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