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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MY WORTHY FRIEND, EDWARD FILMER, ON HIS WORK PUBLISHED, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: What charming peals are these Last Line: To make the language sweet upon her tongue. Subject(s): Filmer, Edward (d. 1669) | |||
What charming peals are these, That, while they bind the senses, do so please? They are the marriage-rites Of two, the choicest pair of man's delights, Music and poesy: French air, and English verse, here wedded lie. Who did this knot compose, Again hath brought the lily to the rose; And, with their chained dance, Recelebrates the joyful match with France. They are a school to win The fair French daughter to learn English in; And, graced with her song, To make the language sweet upon her tongue. | 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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