Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. II. The Seventeenth Century: Ben Jonson to Dryden
Samuel Butler (16121680)Extracts from Hudibras: Martial Music
[From Part I.]
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That makes the warrior’s stomach come,
Whose noise whets valour sharp, like beer
By thunder turned to vinegar;
For if a trumpet sound or drum beat
Who has not a month’s mind to combat?