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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO AN IMPORTUNATE HOST; DURING DINNER AND AFTER TENNYSON, by ANONYMOUS
First Line: Ask me no more: I've had enough chablis
Last Line: Ask me no more
Subject(s): "tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892);" "tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron;
First Line: Ask me no more: I've had enough chablis
Last Line: Ask me no more
Subject(s): "tennyson, Alfred (1809-1892);" "tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron;
ASK me no more: I've had enough Chablis;
The wine may come again, and take the shape,
From glass to glass, of "Mountain" or of "Cape;"
But, my dear boy, when I have answered thee,
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: what answer should I give,
I love not pickled pork nor partridge pie;
I feel if I took whisky I should die!
Ask me no more -- for I prefer to live:
Ask me no more.
Ask me no more: unless my fate is sealed,
And I have striven against you all in vain.
Let your good butler bring me Hock again:
Then rest, dear boy. If for this once I yield,
Ask me no more!
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