Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO SUSAN, COUNTESS OF MONTGOMERY, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were they that named you, prophets? Did they see Last Line: If not, 'tis fit for you, some should envy. | ||||||||
Were they that named you, prophets? Did they see, Even in the dew of grace, what you would be? Or did our times require it, to behold A new Susanna, equal to that old? Or, because some scarce think that story true, To make those faithful, did the Fates send you? And to your scene lent no less dignity Of birth, of match, of form, of chastity? Or, more than born for the comparison Of former age, or glory of our own, Were you advanced, past those times, to be The light, and mark unto posterity? Judge they, that can: here I have raised to show A picture, which the world for yours must know, And like it too; if they look equally: If not, 'tis fit for you, some should envy. | 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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