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IMMORTAL BEN IS DEAD; AND AS THAT BALL, by                    
Last Line: Thy poems shall be poet-lureate
Subject(s): "jonson, Ben (1572-1637);poetry & Poets;randolph, Thomas (1605-1634);


IMMORTAL Ben is dead; and as that ball
On Ida toss'd, so is his crown by all
The infantry of wit. Vain priests! that chair
Is only fit for his true son and heir.
Reach here the laurel. Randolph, 'tis thy praise:
Thy naked skull shall well become the bays.
See Daphne courts thy ghost: and, spite of fate,
Thy poems shall be poet-laureate.





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