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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ESME, LORD AUBIGNY, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Is there a hope, that man would thankful be Last Line: To thank thy benefits: which is, to pay. Subject(s): Stuart, Esme, Lord Aubigny (1574-1624) | |||
Is there a hope, that man would thankful be, If I should fail, in gratitude, to thee To whom I am so bound, loved Aubigny? No, I do, therefore, call posterity Into the debt; and reckon on her head, How full of want, how swallowed up, how dead I, and this muse had been, if thou hadst not Lent timely succours, and new life begot: So, all reward, or name, that grows to me By her attempt, shall still be owing thee. And, than this same, I know no abler way To thank thy benefits: which is, to pay. | 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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