HOW HE WOULD DRINK HIS WINE. FILL me my wine in crystal ; thus, and thus I see't in's puris naturalibus : Unmix'd. I love to have it smirk and shine ; 'Tis sin I know, 'tis sin to throttle wine. What madman's he, that when it sparkles so, Will cool his flames or quench his fires with snow ? | ![Georg Flegel (1566-1638). Still-Life with Bread and Confectionary. [det.]](flegel.jpg) Georg Flegel (1566-1638) Still-Life with Bread and Confectionary. [detail] |
Source:
Herrick, Robert. Works of Robert Herrick. vol I.
Alfred Pollard, ed.
London, Lawrence & Bullen, 1891. 234.
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