Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING ODE, by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE First Line: Drink on, tho' night be spent and sun do shine Last Line: Who's sure to live, and drink another day? Alternate Author Name(s): Alkaios Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | ||||||||
Drink on, tho' Night be spent and Sun do shine, Did not the Gods give anxious Mortals Wine? To wash all Care and Sorrow from the Heart, Why then so soon should Jovial Fellows part? Come, let this Bumper for the next make way, Who's sure to live, and drink another Day? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CUP OF TREMBLINGS by JOHN HOLLANDER VINTAGE ABSENCE by JOHN HOLLANDER SENT WITH A BOTTLE OF BURGUNDY FOR A BIRTHDAY by JOHN HOLLANDER TO A CIVIL SERVANT by EDMUND JOHN ARMSTRONG WINE by FRIEDRICH MARTIN VON BODENSTEDT THE GOOD FELLOW by ALEXANDER BROME WHEN A WOMAN LOVES A MAN by DAVID LEHMAN AN ARMOURY by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE |
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