Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR THOMAS ROE (2), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: That thou hast kept thy love, increased thy will Last Line: Thy fact is more: let truth encourage thee. Subject(s): Roe, Sir Thomas (1581-1644) | ||||||||
That thou hast kept thy love, increased thy will, Bettered thy trust to letters; that thy skill; Hast taught thyself worthy thy pen to tread, And that to write things worthy to be read: How much of great example wert thou, Roe, If time to facts, as unto men would owe? But much it now avails, what's done, of whom: The selfsame deeds, as diversely they come, From place, or fortune, are made high, or low, And even the praiser's judgement suffers so. Well, though thy name less than our great ones' be, Thy fact is more: let truth encourage thee. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON 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 |
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