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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DRINKING SONG, by NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX Poet's Biography First Line: Ye sages who boast you have nothing to learn Last Line: And who knows not this lesson knows naught. Alternate Author Name(s): Boileau, Nicolas | |||
YE sages who boast you have nothing to learn, Of Bacchus sworn foes, to your duty return, Your wits are not half what you think. Begone, aged fool; go and learn how to drink. Who has learnt to drink well is well taught, And who knows not this lesson knows naught. When a song or a jest should enliven the feast, Your sage sits dumfoundered, nor helps in the least: Wine summons bright thoughts to the brink. Then go, aged dullards, and learn how to drink. Who has learnt to drink well is well taught, And who knows not this lesson knows naught. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU by NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX ITS ORIGIN by NICOLAS BOILEAU-DESPREAUX LORD, HEAR MY PRAYER; A PARAPHRASE OF THE 102ND PSALM by JOHN CLARE ONE POET VISITS ANOTHER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES JOGGIN' ERLONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by ROBERT FROST IN MEMORIAM A.H.H.: 30 by ALFRED TENNYSON MY LITTLE GARDEN by GWENDOLEN ALLEN THE CANAL by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN THE STREET OF THE MANY LITTLE LOVERS by MAXWELL STRUTHERS BURT |
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