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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FROM THE GREEK, by MATTHEW PRIOR Poet's Biography
First Line: Great bacchus, born in thunder and in fire
Last Line: The moral says; mix water with your wine.
Subject(s): Bacchus; Drinks & Drinking; Mythology - Classical; Nymphs; Wine
First Line: Great bacchus, born in thunder and in fire
Last Line: The moral says; mix water with your wine.
Subject(s): Bacchus; Drinks & Drinking; Mythology - Classical; Nymphs; Wine
GREAT Bacchus, born in thunder and in fire,
By native heat asserts his dreadful sire.
Nourished near shady rills and cooling streams,
He to the nymphs avows his amorous flames.
To all the brethren at the Bell and Vine,
The moral says; mix water with your wine.
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