Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PLEASURE RECONCILED TO VIRTUE, SELECTION, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come on, come on, and where you go Last Line: As he hath power to rise to it. | ||||||||
Come on, come on! And where you go, So interweave the curious knot, As even the observer scarce may know Which lines are Pleasure's, and which not. First figure out the doubtful way, At which awhile all youth should stay, Where she and Virtue did contend, Which should have Hercules to friend. Then, as all actions of mankind Are but a labyrinth or maze: So let your dances be entwined, Yet not perplex men unto gaze. But measured, and so numerous too, As men may read each act you do; And when they see the graces meet Admire the wisdom of your feet. For dancing is an exercise, Not only shows the mover's wit, But maketh the beholder wise, As he hath power to rise to it. | 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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