Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE GYPSIES METAMORPHOSED: GIPSY SONG (2), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: To the old, long life and treasure Last Line: To the jealous, his own false terrors. | ||||||||
To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure; To the fair, their face With eternal grace; And the soul to be loved at leisure. To the witty, all clear mirrors, To the foolish, their dark errors; To the loving sprite, A secure delight: To the jealous, his own false terrors. | 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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