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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PERSICOS ODI, by CHARLES EDMUND MERRILL JR. First Line: Boy, I detest these modern innovations Last Line: So to bed gayly. | |||
BOY, I detest these modern innovations, The Voice crusade may alter some men's habit, But, as for me, I'll stick to my old rations, Ale and a rarebit. In vino vis. The pious dames of Ipswich, Knowing its worth and fearing lest men waste it, Condemn its use in christening battle-ships which Can't even taste it. Old Cato Major (and, no doubt, his wife, too) Found in Falernian, mixed with milder Massic, Courage which led him, at his time of life, to Read the Greek classic. Yes, Cato drank, nor should we lightly damn a Man who, at eighty and without coercion, Mastered Liddell and Scott, and Hadley's grammar, My pet aversion. Elihu's ways, they say, are growing sinful; Crimes that are nameless are committed daily. Oscar! my toby, and I'll sin a skinful, So to bed gayly. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SOLVITUR ACRIS HIEMS by CHARLES EDMUND MERRILL JR. SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: MRS. MERRITT by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AUCTION: ANDERSON GALLERIES by LOUIS UNTERMEYER HOLY THURSDAY, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE OH, SWEET CONTENT by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES ODE INSCRIBED TO W.H. CHANNING by RALPH WALDO EMERSON THE TURN OF THE ROAD by JANE BARLOW HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 17 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH MATRIMONIAL MELODIES: 6. TO ANY WIFE by BERTON BRALEY TO THE KING, AT HIS ENTRANCE INTO SAXHAM, BY MASTER JOHN CROFTS by THOMAS CAREW |
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