Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MERCURY VINICATED, SELECTION, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Soft, subtle fire, thou soul of art Last Line: As if by art alone it could be righted. | ||||||||
Soft, subtle fire, thou soul of art, Now do thy part On weaker nature, that through age is lamed. Take but thy time, now she is old, And the sun her friend grown cold, She will no more, in strife with thee be named. Look, but how few confess her now, In cheek or brow! From every head, almost, how she is frighted! That very age abhors her so, That it learns to speak and go As if by art alone it could be righted. | 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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