Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN ELEGY ON BEN JONSON, by JOHN CLEVELAND Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who first reformed our stage with justest laws Last Line: Than can be now, when plenty makes me poor. Subject(s): Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Poetry & Poets | ||||||||
WHO first reformed our stage with justest laws, And was the first best judge in his own cause; Who, when his actors trembled for applause, Could (with a noble confidence) prefer His own, by right, to a whole theatre; From principles which he knew could not err: Who to his fable did his persons fit, With all the properties of art and wit, And above all that could be acted, writ: Who public follies did to covert drive, Which he again could cunningly retrive, Leaving them no ground to rest on and thrive: Here JONSON lies, whom, had I named before, In that one word alone I had paid more Than can be now, when plenty makes me poor. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ENVY OF OTHER PEOPLE'S POEMS by ROBERT HASS THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AS A SONG by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: TIME IS FILLED by LYN HEJINIAN OXOTA: A SHORT RUSSIAN NOVEL: CHAPTER 192 by LYN HEJINIAN LET ME TELL YOU WHAT A POEM BRINGS by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA JUNE JOURNALS 6/25/88 by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA FOLLOW ROZEWICZ by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA HAVING INTENDED TO MERELY PICK ON AN OIL COMPANY, THE POEM GOES AWRY by HICOK. BOB |
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