Living
Adde Merum!
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Living
Wake, our mirth begins to die,
Quicken it with tunes and wine.
Raise your notes; you're out: fy, fy!
This drowsiness is an ill sign.
We banish him the quire of gods,
That droops again:
Then all are men,
For here's not one, but nods.
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MLA
Jonson, Ben. “Adde Merum!” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/38/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “Adde Merum!” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/38/.
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