Living
Spread, Table, Spread
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Living
Spread, table, spread,
Meat, drink, and bread,
Ever may I have
What I ever crave,
When I am spread,
Meat for my black cock,
And meat for my red.
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Peele, George. “Spread, Table, Spread.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peele/10/.
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