...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,...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." * ' Memoirs of Ben Jonson,'...

...acting as a clergyman, and had become 24 a boon companion of Ben Jonson. Hence his well-known lines— 'Ah, Ben! Say how or when Shall we, thy guests, Meet...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,...

...the bard of Those lyric feasts, Where men such clusters had, As made them nobly wild, not mad ; While yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine. CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH. Let the proud salmon gorge the feathered hook, Then strike, and then you have...

...mere 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...

...bard of " Those lyric feasts, Where men such clusters had, As made them nobly wild, not mad; While yet each verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine." CHAPTER XIII. Let the proud salmon gorge the feather'd hook, Then strike, and then you have him —...

...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...verse of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wins." , * ' Mtmoira of Ben Jonson,' p. cxc. t ' Every Man out of his Humour.' J Tho Poetaster.' §...

...Boar's 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,...

...story, not this stone. That will speake what this can't tell Of his glory : so farewell. AN ODE FOR HIM. AH BEN ! Say how or when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyrick feasts Made at the sun, The dog, the triple tunne ? Where we such clusters had As made us nobly...

...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...

...song beautified and gladdened our hearts. Right pleasurable, indeed, have been " Those lyric feasts, Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad !" In after-time shall we not recall with delight, from the storehouse of memory, the rich treasures...