Anacreontics The Epicure

UNDERNEATH this myrtle shade,

On flowerly beds supinely laid,

With odorous oils my head o’erflowing,

And around it roses growing,

What should I do but drink away

The heat and troubles of the day?

In this more than kingly state

Love himself on me shall wait.

Fill to me, Love! nay, fill it up!

And mingled cast into the cup

Wit and mirth and noble fires,

Vigorous health and gay desires.

The wheel of life no less will stay

In a smooth than rugged way:

Since it equally doth flee,

Let the motion pleasant be.

Why do we precious ointments shower?-

Nobler wines why do we pour?-

Beauteous flowers why do we spread

Upon the monuments of the dead?

Nothing they but dust can show,

Or bones that hasten to be so.

Crown me with roses while I live,

Now your wines and ointments give:

After death I nothing crave,

Let me alive my pleasures have:

All are Stoics in the grave.

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• The Buried Train by Robert Bly by Poetry In English
• The Defunct Drugstore by Robert Lloyd Jaffe by Poetry In English
• The Apple Trees at Olema by Robert Hass by Poetry In English
• Snowbanks North of the House by Robert Bly by Poetry In English
• Sleep Spaces by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow by Robert Duncan by Poetry In English
• No, Love Is Not Dead by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Need by Robert Lloyd Jaffe by Poetry In English
• My Mother Would Be a Falconress by Robert Duncan by Poetry In English
• Misery And Splendor by Robert Hass by Poetry In English
• Lying Down by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Long Long Ago by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Iowa City: Early April by Robert Hass by Poetry In English
• Interrupted Meditation by Robert Hass by Poetry In English
• If You Only Knew by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Identity of Images by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• I Have Dreamed of You so Much by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Heroic Simile by Robert Hass by Poetry In English
• Fairy Tale by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English
• Dove in the Arch by Robert Desnos by Poetry In English

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