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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR EDWARD HERBERT, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: If men get name, for some one virtue: then
Last Line: And yet, they, altogether, less than thee.
Subject(s): Herbert, Edward (1583-1648); Herbert Of Cherbury, 1st Baron
First Line: If men get name, for some one virtue: then
Last Line: And yet, they, altogether, less than thee.
Subject(s): Herbert, Edward (1583-1648); Herbert Of Cherbury, 1st Baron
If men get name, for some one virtue: then,
What man art thou, that art so many men,
All-virtuous Herbert? On whose every part
Truth might spend all her voice, fame all her art.
Whether thy learning they would take, or wit,
Or valour, or thy judgement seasoning it,
Thy standing upright to thyself, thy ends
Like straight, thy piety to God, and friends:
Their latter praise would still the greatest be,
And yet, they, altogether, less than thee.
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