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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS FRIEND THE AUTHOR, by THEODORE HEYGATE
First Line: Sometimes, dear friend, I make thy book my meat
Last Line: Or one word for them all; my friend, 'tis thine.
Subject(s): Browne, William (1591-1645)
First Line: Sometimes, dear friend, I make thy book my meat
Last Line: Or one word for them all; my friend, 'tis thine.
Subject(s): Browne, William (1591-1645)
SOMETIMES, dear friend, I make thy book my meat,
And then I judge 'tis honey that I eat.
Sometimes my drink it is, and then I think
It is Apollo's nectar, and no drink.
And being hurt in mind, I keep in store
Thy book, a precious balsam for the sore.
'Tis honey, nectar, balsam most divine:
Or one word for them all; my friend, 'tis thine.
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