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UPON BEN JONSON [JOHNSON] by ROBERT HERRICK

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIES JONSON [JOHNSON] WITH THE REST
Last Line: OF HIS GLORY. SO FAREWELL.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; JONSON, BEN (1572-1637); POETRY & POETS;

Here lies Jonson with the rest
Of the poets; but the best.
Reader, would'st thou more have known?
Ask his story, not this stone.
That will speak what this can't tell
Of his glory. So farewell.



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