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TO M. KELLAM by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHAT CAN MY KELLAM DRINK HIS SACK
Last Line: BUT SEND TO HER A TEARCE.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE;
What can my Kellam drink his Sack
In Goblets to the brim,
And see his Robin Herrick lack,
Yet send no Boules to him?

For love or pitie to his Muse,
(That she may flow in Verse)
Contemne to recommend a Cruse,
But send to her a Tearce.



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