Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIERARCHY OF ANGELS, by THOMAS HEYWOOD



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HIERARCHY OF ANGELS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mellifluous shakespeare, whose enchanting quill
Last Line: And he's but now jack ford that once was john.
Subject(s): Dramatists; Ford, John (1586-1639); Jonson, Ben (1572-1637); Plays & Playwrights ; Poetry & Poets; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Writing & Writers; Dramatists


Mellifluous Shakespeare, whose enchanting quill
Commanded mirth or passion, was but Will;
And famous Jonson, though his learned pen
Be dipped in Castaly, is still but Ben.
Fletcher and Webster, of that learned pack
None of the meanest, was but Jack;
Dekker but Tom, nor May, nor Middleton,
And he's but now Jack Ford that once was John.




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