...something higher and better than sensual indulgence . "Ah, Ben! Say how, or when Shall we thy gueata Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not miid ; And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine."...

...remembrance of their renowned wit-combats and drinking-bouts at the Mermaid and elsewhere — " Ah, Ben ! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the San, The Dog, the Triple Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad ? And yet...

...convivial meetings there was not something higher and better than sensual indulgence . "Ah, Ben! Ray how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric...Dog, the Triple Tun ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad; And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wins."...

...Head in Eastcheap and the Garter at Windsor; and Herrick asks affectionately of Jonson, — "Ah, Ben! Say how or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasta Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun! Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild,...

...have embraced would have made him care less for roses, and the roses on Julia's cheeks, or for — " Those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun." But we can imagine that another Epicurean poet, Horace, — a much more serious spirit than the author...

...with life to lie, And without dying, O, how sweet to die ! John Wolcot. CCXLIL TO BEN JONSON. AH Ben ! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those...Dog, the Triple- Tun ; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad ? And yet each verse of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine....

...to lie, And without dying, O, how sweet to die ! Lyra Elcgantiarum. CCLIV. TO BEN JONSON. AH Ben ! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog; the Triple-Tun; Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad ? And yet each verse of thine...

...convivial meetings there was not something higher and better than sensual indulgence : — "Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those...Dog, the Triple Tun'! Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad ; And yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine."t...

...convivial meetings there was not something higher and better than sensual indulgence : — "Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those...lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun1 Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad ; And yet each verse of thine Outdid...

...cause it to run in iambics. LAMBIC MEASURE. (a) Of one and two feet (Monometer and Dimeter). Ah Ben! Say how, | or when, Shall we, | thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts Made at | the Sun ? Herrick. If thou | hadst not Been stern | to me, But left | me free ; I had | forgot Myself | and...