Living
A Bacchanalian ("Bacchus, ever smiling power")
From Poetical Works, ed. Skeat (1875)
Living
Bacchus, ever smiling power,
Patron of the festive hour!
Here thy genuine nectar roll
To the wide capacious bowl,
While gentility and glee
Make these gardens worthy thee.
Bacchus, ever mirth and joy,
Laughing, wanton, happy boy!
Here advance thy clustered crown,
Send thy purple blessings down;
With the Nine to please conspire,
Wreathe the ivy round the lyre.
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Chatterton, Thomas. “A Bacchanalian ("Bacchus, ever smiling power").” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/chatterton/87/.
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Chatterton, Thomas. “A Bacchanalian ("Bacchus, ever smiling power").” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/chatterton/87/.
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