Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN AUTHOREM, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou, that wouldst find the habit of true passion Last Line: His proof their praise will meet, as in this line. | ||||||||
Thou, that wouldst find the habit of true passion, And see a mind attired in perfect strains; Not wearing moods, as gallants do a fashion, In these pied times, only to show their brains, Look here on Breton's work, the master print: Where, such perfections to the life do rise. If they seem wry, to such as look asquint, The fault's not in the object, but their eyes. For, as one coming with a lateral view, Unto a cunning piece wrought perspective, Wants faculty to make a censure true: So with this author's readers will it thrive: Which being eyed directly, I divine, His proof their praise will meet, as in this line. | 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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