Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SIR HENRY NEVIL, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Who now calls on thee, nevil, is a muse Last Line: Whilst others toil for titles to their tombs. Subject(s): Neville, Sir Henry (1564-1615) | ||||||||
Who now calls on thee, Nevil, is a muse, That serves nor fame, nor titles; but doth choose Where virtue makes them both, and that's in thee: Where all is fair, beside thy pedigree. Thou art not one, seek'st miseries with hope, Wrestlest with dignities, or feign'st a scope Of service to the public, when the end Is private gain, which hath long guilt to friend. Thou rather striv'st the matter to possess, And elements of honour, than the dress; To make thy lent life, good against the Fates: And first to know thine own state, then the State's. To be the same in root, thou art in height; And that thy soul should give thy flesh her weight. Go on, and doubt not, what posterity, Now I have sung thee thus, shall judge of thee. Thy deeds, unto thy name, will prove new wombs, Whilst others toil for titles to their tombs. | 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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