Living
A Hymne to Bacchus.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
BAcchus, let me drink no more;
Wild are Seas, that want a shore.
When our drinking has no stint,
There is no one pleasure in't.
I have drank up for to please
Thee, that great cup Hercules:
Urge no more; and there shall be
Daffadills g'en up to Thee.
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MLA
Herrick, Robert. “A Hymne to Bacchus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/306/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “A Hymne to Bacchus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/306/.
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