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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• Napoleon by Walter de la Mare by Walter de la Mare
• Arabia by Walter de la Mare by Walter de la Mare
• An Epitaph by Walter de la Mare by Walter de la Mare
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• To a Lady with an Unruly and Ill-mannered Dog Who Bit several Persons of Importance by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Silent Lover ii by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Silent Lover i by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Nymph’s Reply To The Shepherd by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Lie by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Conclusion by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• The Artist by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• Stans Puer ad Mensam by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• Song of Myself by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• Sestina Otiosa by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• Now What Is Love by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• On Being Challenged to Write an Epigram in the Manner of Herrick by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• Nature that Washed Her Hands in Milk by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh
• My Last Will by Sir Walter Raleigh by Walter Raleigh

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