...when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun; Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild, not mad...of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine." As a dramatist, Jonson paid more attention to classic models than his contemporaries; and in his Roman...

...you in floods of down. (1. Ill —120) CaPo; JCP; PoEL-3: SeCP; SeCV-1 An Ode for Ben Jonson 36 Where If (1. 7-10) AWP; CaPo; InvP; NoP: OBS; SeCP; SeCV-1; TrGrPo The Pillar of Fame 37 Fame's pillar here,...

...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.' * See Note Q. Burbage. CHAPTER XIII Let the proud salmon gorge the feather d hook. Then strike, and...

...little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains. 4591 'An Ode for him' [Ben Jonsonl 0506 Tr 4592 To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time' Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying:...

...when Shall we thy guests Meet at those lyric feasts, Made at the Sun, The Dog, the triple Tun? Where we such clusters had, As made us nobly wild, not mad;...of thine Out-did the meat, out-did the frolic wine. My Ben Or come agen, Or send to us, Thy wit's great over-plus; But teach us yet Wisely to husband it,...

...when Shall we, thy guests, Meet at those lyric feasts Made at the Sun, The Dog, the Triple Tun, Where we such clusters had As made us nobly wild, not mad;...of thine Outdid the meat, outdid the frolic wine. We can see that not all of these lines are iambic. For example, 'Meet at those lyric feasts / Made...

...is singular in their experience. The hospitalities of clubs are easily exaggerated. No doubt the 30 suppers of wits and philosophers acquire much lustre...things went prosperously, and the company was full of honor at the banquet of the Cid, that "the guests all were joyful, and agreed in one thing, that they...