Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: SONG, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Modest, and fair, for fair and good are near Last Line: I know to speak, and she to hold her peace. | ||||||||
Modest, and fair, for fair and good are near Neighbours, howe'er. No noble virtue ever was alone, But two in one. Then, when I praise sweet modesty, I praise Bright beauty's rays: And having praised both beauty and modesty, I have praised thee. Silence in woman, is like speech in man, Deny it who can. Nor, is it a tale, That female vice should be a virtue male, Or masculine vice, a female virtue be: You shall it see Proved with increase, I know to speak, and she to hold her peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON A FIT OF RHYME AGAINST RHYME [OR, RIME] by BEN JONSON A NYMPH'S PASSION by BEN JONSON A SONNET, TO THE NOBLE LADY, THE LADY MARY WROTH by BEN JONSON AN ODE TO HIMSELF by BEN JONSON ANSWER TO MASTER WITHER'S SONG, 'SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR?' by BEN JONSON EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM: 118. ON GUT by BEN JONSON |
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