See also:

• ANACREONTICS (from the name of the Greek poet Anacreon)

ANACREONTICS (from the name of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek poet See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon)  , the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title given to See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short lyrical pieces, of an easy See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind, dealing with love and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine . The See also:

• ENGLISH

English word appears to have been first used in 1656 by See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham See also:

• COWLEY, ABRAHAM (1618-1667)
• COWLEY, HANNAH (1743-1809)
• COWLEY, HENRY RICHARD CHARLES WELLESLEY

Cowley, who called a See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of his poems " anacreontiques," because they were paraphrased out of the so-called writings of See also:

• ANACREON

Anacreon into a See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar measure which was supposed to represent the See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre of the See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek . See also:

• HALF

Half a See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century later, when the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form had been much cultivated, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• PHILLIPS
• PHILLIPS, ADELAIDE (1833-1882)
• PHILLIPS, EDWARD (163o-1696)
• PHILLIPS, JOHN (1800—1874)
• PHILLIPS, SAMUEL (1814—1854)
• PHILLIPS, STEPHEN (1868– )
• PHILLIPS, THOMAS (1770-1845)
• PHILLIPS, WENDELL (1811-1884)

Phillips (1631–1706) laid down the arbitrary See also:

• RULE

rule that an anacreontic See also:

• LINE

line " consists of seven syllables, without being tied to any certain See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of quantity." In the 18th century, the See also:

• ANTIQUARY

antiquary See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• OLDYS, WILLIAM (1696-1761)

Oldys (1696–1761) was the author of a little piece which is the perfect type of an anacreontic: this begins: " Busy. curious, thirsty See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly, Drink with me, and drink as I ; Freely welcome to my See also:

• CUP (in O.E. cuppe; generally taken to be from Late Lat. cuppa, a variant of Lat. cupa, a cask, cf. Gr. KuaeXXov)

cup, Could'st See also:

• THOU, JACQUES AUGUSTE DE [THUANUS] (1553-1617)
• THOU, NOM

thou sip and sip it up . Make the most of See also:

• LIFE

life you may; Life is short and wears away." In 1800 Tom See also:

• MOORE, A
• MOORE, ALBERT JOSEPH (1841–1893)
• MOORE, EDWARD (1712–1757)
• MOORE, GEORGE (1853– )
• MOORE, GEORGE FOOT (1851– )
• MOORE, HENRY (1831–1895)
• MOORE, JOHN (1729-1802)
• MOORE, SIR JOHN (1761-1809)
• MOORE, THOMAS (1779-1852)

Moore published a collection of erotic See also:

• ANACREONTICS (from the name of the Greek poet Anacreon)

anacreontics which are also typical in form; Moore speaks of the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of catching " the careless facility with which Anacreon appears to have trifled," as a See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason why anacreontics are often tame and worthless . He dwells, moreover, on the absurdity of See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing " pious anacreontics," a feat, however, which was performed by several of the Greek See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian poets, and in particular by See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory of Nazianzus and John of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus . (E .