Living

Upon Magot a frequenter of Ordinaries.

by Robert Herrick 1591–1674

From Hesperides (1648)

Living

MAgot frequents those houses of good-cheere,
Talkes most, eates most, of all the Feeders there.
He raves through leane, he rages through the fat;
(What gets the master of the Meal by that?)
He who with talking can devoure so much,
How wo'd he eate, were nor his hindrance such?

MLA

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Magot a frequenter of Ordinaries.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/519/.

Chicago

Herrick, Robert. “Upon Magot a frequenter of Ordinaries.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/519/.

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