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TO SIR HENRY GOODYERE by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I WOULD KNOW THEE, GOODYERE, MY THOUGHT LOOKS
Last Line: IT WAS A KNOWLEDGE, THAT BEGAT THAT LOVE.
Subject(s): BOOKS; GOODYER, SIR HENRY (1571-1627); READING; GOODYERE, SIR HENRY (1571-1627);
When I would know thee Goodyere, my thought looks
Upon thy well-made choice of friends, and books;
Then do I love thee, and behold thy ends
In making thy friends books, and thy books friends:
Now, I must give thy life, and deed, the voice
Attending such a study, such a choice.
Where, though't be love, that to thy praise doth move,
It was a knowledge, that begat that love.



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