Ah Ben ! Say how or .when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine. Shakspere: His Times and Contemporaries - Page 165by George Markham Tweddell - 1852 - 224 pagesFull view - About this book
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...That he had frequently enjoyed his society is evident from the following stanza. Ah Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we thy Guests Meet at those Lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tunne ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not madj And yet each verse of thine Out-did... | |
| Robert Herrick - English poetry - 1810 - 280 pages
...farewell. CCHII. ODE FOR THE SAME. AH, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ;...yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolick wine. * Certain celebrated taverns of those days. My Ben ! Or come again, Or send to us Thy... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 546 pages
...this can't tell Of his glory. So farewell ! Ibid. p. 343. AN ODE FOR BEN JONSON. AH BEN i Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts,...thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine. My BEN Or come agen ; Or send to us Thy wits great over-plus : But teach us yet Wisely to husband it ;... | |
| Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 538 pages
...this can't tell Of his glory, So farewell ! Ibid. p. 343. ' AN ODE FOR BEN JONSON. AH BEN ! Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog,1 the Triple Tun ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad; And yet each verse... | |
| England - 1925 - 948 pages
...country, they sighed for the joyous pleasures of the town. " Ah, Ben ! " sings Herrick : — " Say how or -when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric...Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, AB made us nobly wild, not mad ? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine."... | |
| English literature - 1837 - 588 pages
...lyrical and Herrickal : — " Ah ! Ben, Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ;...each verse of thine Outdid the meat— outdid the frolick wine! " My Ben ! Or come agen, Or send to us Thy wit's great overplus : But teach us yet Wisely... | |
| 1822 - 394 pages
...HERRICK то BEN. JONSON— 1618. Ab, B«n! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ;...each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolick wine. My Ben ! Or come again, Or send to ns Thy wit's great overplus: But teach us yet Wisely... | |
| Books - 1822 - 384 pages
...ne'er like thee." And again : " Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ;...yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolick wine. My Ben ! Or come again, Or send to us Thy wit's great overplus : But teach us yet Wisely... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1822 - 392 pages
...ne'er like thee." And again : " Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ;...yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolick wine. My Ben ! Or come again, Or send to us Thy wit's great overplus : But teach us yet Wisely... | |
| 1822 - 206 pages
...HERRICK TO BEN. JONSON— 1018. Ah, B«n! Say how, or when , Shall we, thy gnests, Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ;...nobly wild, not mad ? And yet each verse of thine Otit-did the meat, ont-did the frolick wine. My Ben ! Or come again, Or send to us Thy wit's great... | |
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