Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LIFE AND DEATH, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The ports of death are sins; of life, good deeds Last Line: For good men but see death, the wicked taste it. Variant Title(s): Of Life And Death Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
The ports of death are sins; of life, good deeds: Through which, our merit leads us to our meeds. How wilful blind is he then, that would stray, And hath it, in his powers, to make his way! This world death's region is, the other life's: And here, it should be one of our first strifes, So to front death, as men might judge us past it. For good men but see death, the wicked taste it. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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