Living
Meat without mirth.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
EAten I have; and though I had good cheere,
I did not sup, because no friends were there.
Where Mirth and Friends are absent when we Dine
Or Sup, there wants the Incense and the Wine.
Cite this poem
MLA
Herrick, Robert. “Meat without mirth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/542/.
Chicago
Herrick, Robert. “Meat without mirth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/542/.
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