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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING SONG (4), by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE First Line: Soak your lungs with wine, for now Last Line: Withers heads and knees. Alternate Author Name(s): Alkaios Subject(s): Drinks & Drinking; Wine | |||
Soak your lungs with wine, for now The Dog Star's at the turn. How the summer wounds, and how All must thirst and burn. In the bushes, strong and clear Now the cricket sings, And sweet music fills the air From beneath his wings. Now is all the earth at song In the summer's fire, And the girasole is strong. Now does wild desire Make the girls most amorous. But the men won't please; For the fire of Sirius Withers heads and knees. | 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 AN ARMOURY by ALCAEUS OF MYTILENE |
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