Living
The Tinkers Song.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
ALong, come along,
Let's meet in a throng
Here of Tinkers;
And quaffe up a Bowle
As big as a Cowle
To Beer Drinkers.
The pole of the Hop
Place in the Ale-shop to Bethwack us;
If ever we think
So much as to drink
Unto Bacchus.
Who frolick will be,
For little cost he
Must not vary,
From Beer-broth at all,
So much as to call
For Canary.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “The Tinkers Song.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1060/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “The Tinkers Song.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/1060/.
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