 | 1811 - 544 pages
...hours which 'he spent in his company : — " Ah, Ben ! ' Say how, or when, Shall" we thy guests Meut at those lyrick feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the...Triple Tunne, Where we such clusters had, As made us nohly wild, not mad ; And, yet, each verse of thine Out-did the meate, out-did the frolick wine ?"... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1804 - 572 pages
...lamented his loss. That he had frequently enjoyed his society is evident from the following stanza. Ah Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we thy Guests Meet at those Lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tunne ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly... | |
 | Robert Herrick - 1810 - 280 pages
...stone ; That will speak, what this can't tell Of his glory. So farewell. CCHII. ODE FOR THE SAME. AH, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet...lyrick 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 Outdid... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 538 pages
...will speak what this can't tell Of his glory, So farewell ! Ibid. p. 343. ' AN ODE FOR BEN JONSON. AH BEN ! Say how, or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog,1 the Triple Tun ? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly... | |
 | 1837 - 588 pages
...tavern-haunts of canarybibbing Ben. Here is an Ode to him, which is at once lyrical and Herrickal : — " Ah ! Ben, Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at...lyrick 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 Outdid... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1822 - 392 pages
...quaff, I see, To th" number five, Or nine ; but thrive In frenzy ne'er like thee." And again : " Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet...lyrick 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 Outdid... | |
 | 1822 - 384 pages
...quaff, I see, To th' number five, Or nine ; but thrive In frenzy ne'er like thee." And again : " Ah, Ben ! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet...lyrick 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 Outdid... | |
 | 1822 - 394 pages
...more holy ; The Righteous man, to punish siu and folly. R. HERRICK то BEN. JONSON— 1618. Ab, B«n! Say how, or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those...lyrick 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 Out-did... | |
 | 1822 - 206 pages
...sin and folly. R, HERRICK TO BEN. JONSON— 1018. Ah, B«n! Say how, or when , Shall we, thy gnests, Meet at those lyrick 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 Otit-did... | |
 | James Lyon (of Fairhaven, Vermont) - 486 pages
...the wits of the day ; and in one of his invocations refers to their convivial' meetings thus: "Ah, Ben! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyrick feasts, Made at ttic Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun ; Where we .such clusters bad, As made us nobly wild, not mad ' And... | |
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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 Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine. 
