Lines Sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter
The speaker imagines porter whose malt matches the recipient's strength of mind and whose hops match the flavour of the recipient's wit, making a drink fit for Syme.
By Robert Burns · Genre: Poetry, Epigram · 49 words
First lines
O had the malt thy strength of mind, / Or hops the flavour of thy wit, / 'Twere drink for first of human kind, / A gift that e'en for Syme were fit.
Jerusalem Tavern, Dumfries.
Genres
- Poetry — Four rhyming lines compare malt and hops with the recipient's strength of mind and wit.
- Epigram — The brief compliment ends by declaring the imagined drink a gift fit even for Syme.
Tags
porter · gifts · wit · compliments · epigram
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: Date unknown
- Language: English
- Genres: Poetry, Epigram
- Length: 49 words
- Structure: 1 section, 2 paragraphs
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