by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Ah, Ben! / Say how, or when
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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. My Ben! Or come again, Or send to us Thy wit's great overplus; But teach us yet Wisely to husband it, Lest we that talent spend; And having once brought to an end That precious stock, the store Of such a wit the world should have no more.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: the "Him" in the title is Ben Jonson. In the collection, this follows the poem "Upon Ben Jonson"
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- by Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674), "An Ode for Him" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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