Social Commentaries

To Doctor Sherhood, how Sack makes one leane

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2

Social Commentaries

Marueld much last day, what you did meane,
To say that drinking Sack, will make one leane:
But now I see, and then mistooke you cleane:
For my good neighbour Marcus, who I tro,
Feares fatnesse much, this drinke hath plyde him so,
That now except he leane, he cannot goe.
Ha, gentle Doctor, now I see your meaning,
Sacke will not leaue one leane, 'twill leaue him leaning.

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Book 2, Epigram 79

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Harington, John. “To Doctor Sherhood, how Sack makes one leane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/129/.

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Harington, John. “To Doctor Sherhood, how Sack makes one leane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/129/.

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