Facetiae : Musarum deliciae, or, The Muses recreation, conteining ...

432 Fancies and Fantasticks.Of the Gods and their Symposia :But Tobacco alone,Had they known it,had goneFor their Nectar and Ambrosia.It is not the smackOf Ale, or of Sack,That can with Tobacco compare:For taste, and for smell,It bears away the bellFrom them both where ever they are :For all their bravado,It is TrinidadoThat both their noses will wipeOf the praises they desire,Unlesse they conspireTo sing to the tune of his pipe.Turpe *st difficiles habere nugas.A Farewell to Sack.Farewell thou thing, time past so true and dearTo me, as blood to life,and spirit, and near,Nay thou more near then kindred, friend or wife,Male to the female, soul to the body, lifeTo quick action, or the warm soft sideOf the yet chast, and undefiled Bride.These and a thousand more could never beMore near, more dear, then thou wert once to me.'Tis thou above, that with thy mystick fanWork'st more then wisdome, art, or nature can ;