Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A SONG, by BEN JONSON


Poetry Explorer

Classic and Contemporary Poetry

A SONG, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Come, let us here enjoy the shade
Last Line: The eldest god, yet still a child.


(LOVER)
Come, let us here enjoy the shade,
For love in shadow best is made.
Though envy oft his shadow be,
None brooks the sunlight worse than he.

(MISTRESS)
Where love doth shine, there needs no sun,
All lights into his one doth run:
Without which all the world were dark;
Yet he himself is but a spark.

(ARBITER)
A spark to set whole worlds afire,
Who more they burn, they more desire,
And have their being, their waste to see;
And waste still, that they still might be.

(CHORUS)
Such are his powers, whom time hath styled,
Now swift, now slow, now tame, now wild;
Now hot, now cold, now fierce, now mild:
The eldest god, yet still a child.





Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!


Other Poems of Interest...
Home: PoetryExplorer.net