Classic and Contemporary Poetry
CHLORIDIA: SONG OF ZEPHYRUS AND SPRING, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Come forth, come forth, the gentle spring Last Line: Of quickening anything. | ||||||||
ZEPHYRUS Come forth, come forth, the gentle Spring, And carry the glad news I bring To earth, our common mother: It is decreed by all the gods The heaven of earth shall have no odds, But one shall love another. Their glories they shall mutual make, Earth look on heaven for heaven's sake; Their honours shall be even; All emulation cease, and jars; Jove will have earth to have her stars And lights, no less than heaven. SPRING It is already done, in flowers As fresh and new as are the hours, By warmth of yonder sun; But will be multiplied on us If from the breath of Zephyrus Like favour we have won. ZEPHYRUS Give all to him: his is the dew, The heat, the humour -- SPRING All the true -- Beloved of the Spring! ZEPHYRUS The sun, the wind, the verdure -- SPRING All That wisest nature cause can call Of quickening anything. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON A FIT OF RHYME AGAINST RHYME [OR, RIME] by BEN JONSON A NYMPH'S PASSION by BEN JONSON A SONNET, TO THE NOBLE LADY, THE LADY MARY WROTH by BEN JONSON AN ODE TO HIMSELF by BEN JONSON ANSWER TO MASTER WITHER'S SONG, 'SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR?' by BEN JONSON EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM: 118. ON GUT by BEN JONSON |
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