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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HIS FRIEND, BEN JONSON, OF HIS HORACE MADE ENGLISH, by EDWARD HERBERT Poet's Biography
First Line: Twas not enough, ben jonson, to be thought
Last Line: To be the horace of our times and his.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Subject(s): Horace (65-8 B.c.); Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Poetry & Poets; Translating & Interpreting
First Line: Twas not enough, ben jonson, to be thought
Last Line: To be the horace of our times and his.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cherbury, 1st Baron Herbert Of; Herbert Of Cherbury, Edward Herbert, 1st Baron; Herbert Of Cherbury, Lord
Subject(s): Horace (65-8 B.c.); Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Poetry & Poets; Translating & Interpreting
'TWAS not enough, Ben Jonson, to be thought
Of English poets best, but to have brought
In greater state to their acquaintance one
So equal to himself and thee, that none
Might be thy second, while thy glory is
To be the Horace of our times and his.
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