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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR WILLIAM UVEDALE, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Uvedale, thou piece of the first times, a man
Last Line: I could adore, almost the idolatry.
Subject(s): Uvedale, Sir William (d. 1652)
First Line: Uvedale, thou piece of the first times, a man
Last Line: I could adore, almost the idolatry.
Subject(s): Uvedale, Sir William (d. 1652)
( To Sir William Uvedale)
Uvedale, thou piece of the first times, a man
Made for what Nature could, or virtue can;
Both whose dimensions, lost, the world might find
Restored in thy body, and thy mind!
Who sees a soul, in such a body set,
Might love the treasure for the cabinet.
But I, no child, no fool, respect the kind,
The full, the flowing graces there enshrined;
Which (would the world not miscall 't flattery)
I could adore, almost the idolatry.
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