Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE HUMOURS OF LONDON, SELECTION, by GEORGE ALEXANDER STEPHENS First Line: What are misses, the muses, to mine mouldy casks? Last Line: Sing tantarrara. Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | ||||||||
What are misses, the muses, to mine mouldy casks? Or the tea-table's splendour to splendid full flasks? What is Pegasus good for? Yes, he shall be mine, I'll keep him as porter to fly for my wine. Sing tantarrara. In daisy-decked meads, when the birds whistle round, How shrill is their music, how simple the sound! Give me the bell's tinkle, a fat landlord's roar, And a good fellow's order"Boy, six bottles more." Sing tantarrara. Can music or verse, love or landscape bestow A six-bottle sound, or a six-bottle show? Could I meet them at midnight, their bottoms I'd try, Who first should give out, Faith, the bottles or I. Sing tantarrara, This tuning and piping, no longer I'll bear it, What's all pipes of music to one pipe of claret? By my soul, bucks, I love it, and why, would you Drink only as I've done, you'd all love it too. Sing tantarrara. | 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 CYCLAMENS by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |
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