 | Austin Warren - Literary Collections - 1996 - 244 pages
...whether that of the poet or of his reader, is a peak experience. "When he would have his verses read" is When up the Thyrse is rais'd, and when the sound Of sacred Orgies flyes, A round, A round. 49 Herrick is the priest and celebrator of life. His worldview is that... | |
 | Adam Smyth - Alcoholism in literature - 2004 - 258 pages
...is 'When he would have his verses read' (p. 7), a piece that looks like a good-humoured manifesto: In sober mornings, doe not thou reherse The holy incantation...Enchantments then be sung, or read. When Laurell spirts i'the fire, and when the Hearth Smiles to it selfe, and guilds the roofe with mirth; When up the Thyrse... | |
 | Universities and colleges - 1892 - 558 pages
...estimate of his rank as a poet Herrick tells his readers " When He Would Have His Verses Read ;" " In sober mornings, doe not thou reherse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunk and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung or read. When laurell spirts i' the fire, and when... | |
 | Literature - 1875 - 862 pages
...austerity of religion. Here he lays down his own canons : — In sober mornings, do not thou rehearse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunk and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung or read. When laurel spirts in the fire, and when the... | |
 | College students' writings, American - 1891 - 712 pages
...What does he say of the proper time for reading his poems ? " In sober mornings do not thou rehearse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunk and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung and read. When the rose reigns, and locks with ointments... | |
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WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ. IN sober mornings, doe not thou reherse The holy incantation of a verse ; But when that men have both well drunke and fed, Let my enchantments then be sung or read. When laurell spirts i... 
