Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO THE WINE-GOD MERLUS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ho! Ho! Thou jolly god, with kinked Last Line: And roll me o'er thy tongue eternally. Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Goddesses & Gods; Mythology; Soul; Wine | ||||||||
HO! ho! thou jolly god, with kinked lips And laughter-streaming eyes, thou liftest up The heart of me like any wassail-cup, And from its teeming brim, in foaming drips, Thou blowest all my cares. I cry to thee, Between the sips: -- Drink long and lustily; Drink thou my ripest joys, my richest mirth, My maddest staves of wanton minstrelsy; Drink every song I've tinkered here on earth With any patch of music; drink! and be Thou drainer of my soul, and to the lees Drink all my lover-thrills and ecstasies; And with a final gulp -- ho! ho! -- drink me, And roll me o'er thy tongue eternally. | 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 A BOY'S MOTHER by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY |
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