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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPIGRAM. TO THOMAS LORD ELLESMERE, LAST TERM HE SAT CHANCELLOR, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So justest lord, may all your judgements be Last Line: You favour truth, and me, in this man's cause. | |||
So justest lord, may all your judgements be Laws; and no change e'er come to one decree: So, may the king proclaim your conscience is Law, to his law; and think your enemies his: So, from all sickness, may you rise to health, The care, and wish still of the public wealth: So may the gentler muses, and good fame Still fly about the odour of your name; As with the safety, and honour of the laws, You favour truth, and me, in this man's cause. | 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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