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AVIENUS: TO HIS FRIENDS by RUFUS FESTUS AVIENUS

First Line: ASK'D IN THE COUNTRY WHAT I DID, I SAID
Last Line: I DINE, DRINK, SING, PLAY, BATH, I SUP, I REST.
Subject(s): FRIENDSHIP;

ASK'D in the country what I did, I said:
I view my men and meads, first having pray'd;
Then each of mine hath his just task outlaid.
I read, Apollo court, I rouse my Muse.
Then I anoint me, and stripp'd willing loose
Myself on a soft plat; from us'ry blest,
I dine, drink, sing, play, bath, I sup, I rest.



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