Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AVIENUS: TO HIS FRIENDS, by RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS


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AVIENUS: TO HIS FRIENDS, by                    
First Line: Ask'd in the country what I did, I said
Last Line: I dine, drink, sing, play, bath, I sup, I rest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Avianus
Subject(s): Friendship


ASK'D in the country what I did, I said:
I view my men and meads, first having pray'd;
Then each of mine hath his just task outlaid.
I read, Apollo court, I rouse my Muse.
Then I anoint me, and stripp'd willing loose
Myself on a soft plat; from us'ry blest,
I dine, drink, sing, play, bath, I sup, I rest.





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