The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/When He Would Have His Verses Read
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8. WHEN HE WOULD HAVE HIS VERSES READ.
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.
Round, a rustic dance.
Cato, see Martial, x. 17, quoted in Note.