Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: ON CAPTAIN HAZARD THE CHEATER, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Touched with the sin of false play in his punk Last Line: Since when he's sober again, and all play's made. | ||||||||
Touched with the sin of false play, in his punk, Hazard a month forswore his; and grew drunk, Each night, to drown his cares: but when the gain Of what she had wrought came in, and waked his brain, Upon the account, hers grew the quicker trade. Since when he's sober again, and all play's made. | 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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