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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ANACREONTIC ON THE DEATH OF SIR HARRY BELLENDINE, by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Ye sons of bacchus, come and join Last Line: Of honest harry bellendine. Alternate Author Name(s): Dorset, 6th Earl Of; Middlesex, 1st Earl Of Subject(s): Bellendine, Sir Harry (d. 1761); Death; Dead, The | |||
Ye sons of Bacchus, come and join In solemn dirge, while tapers shine Around the grape-embossed shrine Of honest Harry Bellendine. Pour the rich juice of Bordeaux wine, Mixed with your falling tears of brine, In just libations o'er the shrine Of honest Harry Bellendine. Your brows let ivy chaplets twine, While you push round the sparkling wine, And let your table be the shrine Of honest Harry Bellendine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND ON A LADY WHO FANCIED HERSELF A BEAUTY by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) SONG, WRITTEN AT SEA, IN THE FIRST DUTCH WAR, 1665 ... by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) |
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