Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND VIRTUOUS LORD WESTON, HIGH TREASURER, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Look up, thou seed of envy, and still bring Last Line: To effect it; feel, thou hast made thine own heart ache. Subject(s): Weston, Richard. 1st Earl Of Portland | ||||||||
Look up, thou seed of envy, and still bring Thy faint, and narrow eyes, to read the king In his great actions: view whom his large hand, Hath raised to be the port unto his land! Weston! That waking man! That eye of state! Who seldom sleeps! Whom bad men only hate! Why do I irritate, or stir up thee, Thou sluggish spawn, that canst, but wilt not see! Feed on thyself for spite, and show thy kind: To virtue, and true worth, be ever blind. Dream thou couldst hurt it, but before thou wake, To effect it; feel, thou hast made thine own heart ache. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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 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 |
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