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ANACREONTIC ON THE DEATH OF SIR HARRY BELLENDINE by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706)

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First Line: YE SONS OF BACCHUS, COME AND JOIN
Last Line: OF HONEST HARRY BELLENDINE.
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.



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