Floridi. De Ebrioso

Richard Lovelace

              FLORIDI. DE EBRIOSO.

Phoebus me in somnis vetuit potare Lyaeum,
  Pareo praeceptis: tunc bibo cum vigilo.

                 OF A DRUNKARD.

Phoebus asleep forbad me wine to take:
I yield; and now am only drunk awake.

Next 10 Poems

• Richard Lovelace : Gratiana Dancing And Singing
• Richard Lovelace : Gratiana Dauncing And Singing
• Richard Lovelace : Her Muffe
• Richard Lovelace : In Allusion To The French Song. N'entendez Vous Pas Ce Language
• Richard Lovelace : In Lesbiam Cat. Ep. 76.
• Richard Lovelace : In Rufum. Catul. Ep. 64
• Richard Lovelace : In Virgilium. Pentadii.
• Richard Lovelace : Item
• Richard Lovelace : La Bella Bona Roba. To My Lady H. Ode
• Richard Lovelace : Love Conquer'd

Previous 10 Poems

• Richard Lovelace : Female Glory
• Richard Lovelace : Ellinda's Glove. Sonnet
• Richard Lovelace : Dialogue Lucasta, Alexis
• Richard Lovelace : Depose Your Finger Of That Ring
• Richard Lovelace : De Suo In Lesbiam Amore Ep. 88.
• Richard Lovelace : De Scaevola.
• Richard Lovelace : De Quintia Et Sesbia. Ep. 87
• Richard Lovelace : De Puero Et Praecone. Catul.
• Richard Lovelace : De Inconstantia Foeminei Amoris
• Richard Lovelace : De Catone