Living

The Tinkers Song.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

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.

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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