Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HAPINESSE TO HOSPITALITIE, OR HEARTY WISH GOOD-HOUSEKEEPING, by ROBERT HERRICK Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: First, may the hand of bounty bring Last Line: People a city or a towne. Subject(s): Hospitality | ||||||||
First, may the hand of bounty bring Into the daily offering Of full provision; such a store, Till that the Cooke cries, Bring no more. Upon your hogsheads never fall A drought of wine, ale, beere (at all) But, like full clouds, may they from thence Diffuse their mighty influence. Next, let the Lord, and Ladie here Enjoy a Christning yeare by yeare; And this good blessing back them still, T'ave Boyes, and Gyrles too, as they will. Then from the porch may many a Bride Unto the Holy Temple ride: And thence return, (short prayers seyd) A wife most richly married. Last, may the Bride and Bridegroome be Untoucht by cold sterility; But in their springing blood so play, As that in Lusters few they may, By laughing too, and lying downe, People a City or a Towne. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A DEAD HOSTESS; EPIGRAM by HILAIRE BELLOC A CHAPLET FOR JUDITH LANDRY by MARILYN HACKER THE HOUSE OF HOSPITALITIES by THOMAS HARDY YUSSOUF by JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL EPIGRAM: 101 by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS VERSES FOR A GUEST ROOM by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS A VERSE ON HIGHLAND HOSPITALITY by ROBERT BURNS MISS NOBODY'S CHRISTMAS DINNER by WILLIAM ALLEN BUTLER I CAME TO A ROADSIDE DWELLING by BLISS CARMAN A CHRISTMAS CAROL, SUNG TO THE KING IN THE PRESENCE AT WHITEHALL by ROBERT HERRICK A MEDITATION FOR HIS MISTRESS by ROBERT HERRICK A TERNARIE OF LITTLES, UPON A PIPKIN OF JELLIE by ROBERT HERRICK |
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