Graces at the Globe Tavern

Graces at the Globe Tavern - meaning Summary

A Comic Grace Before and After

This short, humorous poem presents three brief graces said at a tavern meal. The first is a blunt, comic petition for food: asking God to provide a tup or wether-head (a sheep) when hunger bites. The second thanks God for the feast while cheekily requesting that the meat be cleared and the “spirit” (drink) brought in. The final stanza repeats gratitude and names a host, shifting from petition to convivial instruction. Overall the poem records modest, earthy thanksgiving and social camaraderie in plain, colloquial voice.