Selected Poems of Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson (1572-1637) is by turns a savage satirist of his age, an admirer of rural order and hospitality, a lyricist, a court flatterer and a religious poet. He perfected a plain style that has influenced writers down to present. Richard Dutton brings together two major collections of poetry and gives a full introduction.

Introduction

11

(12)

A note on the text and punctuation

23

(1)

A note on the Notes

24

(1)

Select bibliography

25

(3)

EPIGRAMS

Dedication to William, Earl of Pembroke

28

(89)

To the Reader

29

(1)

To My Book

29

(1)

To My Bookseller

29

(1)

To King James

30

(1)

On the Union

30

(1)

To Alchemists

30

(1)

On the New Hot-Houses

30

(1)

On a Robbery

31

(1)

To All, To Whom I Write

31

(1)

To My Lord Ignorant

31

(1)

On Something, that Walks Somewhere

31

(1)

On Lieutenant Shift

32

(1)

To Doctor Empiric

32

(1)

To William Camden

33

(1)

On Court-Worm

33

(1)

To Brain-Hardy

33

(1)

To the Learned Critic

34

(1)

To My Mere English Censurer

34

(1)

On Sir Cod the Perfumed

34

(1)

To the Same Sir Cod

35

(1)

On Reformed Gamester

35

(1)

On My First Daughter

35

(1)

To John Donne

36

(1)

To the Parliament

36

(1)

On Sir Voluptuous Beast

36

(1)

On the Same Beast

36

(1)

On Sir John Roe

37

(1)

On Don Surly

37

(1)

To Sir Annual Tilter

38

(1)

To Person Guilty

38

(1)

On Bank the Usurer

38

(1)

On Sir John Roe

38

(1)

To the Same

39

(1)

Of Death

39

(1)

To King James

39

(1)

To the Ghost of Martial

40

(1)

On Chev'ril the Lawyer

40

(1)

To Person Guilty

40

(1)

On Old Colt

40

(1)

On Margaret Ratcliffe

41

(1)

On Gypsy

41

(1)

On Giles and Joan

41

(1)

To Robert, Earl of Salisbury

42

(1)

On Chuff, Banks the Usurer's Kinsman

42

(1)

On My First Son

43

(1)

To Sir Luckless Woo-All

43

(1)

To the Same

43

(1)

On Mongrel Esquire

44

(1)

To Playwright

44

(1)

To Sir Cod

44

(1)

To King James. Upon the happy false rumour of his death

44

(1)

To Censorious Courtling

45

(1)

To Old-End Gatherer

45

(1)

On Chev'ril

45

(1)

To Francis Beaumont

46

(1)

On Poet-Ape

46

(1)

On Bawds, and Usurers

46

(1)

To Groom Idiot

47

(1)

On Spies

47

(1)

To William, Lord Mounteagle

47

(1)

To Fool, or Knave

47

(1)

To Fine Lady Would-Be

48

(1)

To Robert, Earl of Salisbury

48

(1)

To the Same

48

(1)

To My Muse

49

(1)

To Sir Henry Cary

50

(1)

To Thomas, Earl of Suffolk

50

(1)

On Playwright

51

(1)

To Pertinax Cob

51

(1)

To William Roe

51

(1)

On Court-Parrot

51

(1)

To Courtling

51

(1)

To Fine Grand

52

(1)

To Thomas, Lord Chancellor

52

(1)

On Lip, the Teacher

53

(1)

On Lucy, Countess of Bedford

53

(1)

To One that Desired Me Not to Name Him

54

(1)

To Hornet

54

(1)

To Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland

54

(1)

Of Life, and Death

55

(1)

To Prowl the Plagiary

55

(1)

On Cashiered Capt(ain) Surly

55

(1)

To a Friend

55

(1)

To Lucy, Countess of Bedford

56

(1)

To Sir Henry Goodyere

56

(1)

To the Same

56

(1)

On Captain Hazard the Cheater

57

(1)

On English Monsieur

57

(1)

To Edward Alleyn

58

(1)

On Mill, My Lady's Woman

58

(1)

To Sir Horace Vere

59

(1)

The New Cry

59

(2)

To Sir John Radcliffe

61

(1)

To Lucy, Countess of Bedford, with Mr Donne's Satires

61

(1)

To Sir Henry Savile

62

(1)

To John Donne

63

(1)

On the New Motion

63

(1)

To Sir Thomas Roe

64

(1)

To the Same

64

(1)

On Playwright

65

(1)

Inviting a Friend to Supper

65

(1)

To William, Earl of Pembroke

66

(1)

To Mary, Lady Wroth

67

(1)

To Susan, Countess of Montgomery

68

(1)

To Mary, Lady Wroth

68

(1)

To Sir Edward Herbert

69

(1)

To Captain Hungry

69

(1)

To True Soldiers

70

(1)

To Sir Henry Nevil

71

(1)

To Clement Edmonds

71

(1)

To the Same, on the Same

72

(1)

To a Weak Gamester in Poetry

72

(1)

To Sir Thomas Overbury

73

(1)

To Mrs Philip Sidney

74

(1)

On the Town's Honest Man

74

(1)

To Sir William Jephson

75

(1)

On Groin

76

(1)

On Gut

76

(1)

To Sir Ra(l)ph Shelton

76

(1)

Epitaph on S.P.

77

(1)

To Benjamin Rudyerd

77

(1)

To the Same

78

(1)

To the Same

78

(1)

Epitaph on Elizabeth, L.H.

78

(1)

To Sir William Uvedale

79

(1)

To His Lady, then Mrs Cary

79

(1)

To Esme, Lord Aubigny

79

(1)

To William Roe

80

(1)

To Mime

80

(1)

To Alphonso Ferrabosco, on his Book

81

(1)

To the Same

82

(1)

To Mr Joshua Sylvester

82

(1)

On the Famous Voyage

83

(1)

The Voyage Itself

83

(8)

THE FOREST

Why I Write Not of Love

91

(1)

To Penshurst

91

(3)

To Sir Robert Wroth

94

(3)

To the World

97

(2)

Song: To Celia

99

(1)

To the Same

100

(1)

Song: That Women Are But Men's Shadows

100

(1)

To Sickness

101

(1)

Song: To Celia

102

(1)

(`And must I sing? What subject shall I choose?')

103

(1)

Epode

104

(3)

Epistle to Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland

107

(3)

Epistle to Katherine, Lady Aubigny

110

(4)

Ode to Sir William Sidney, on his Birthday

114

(2)

To Heaven

116

(1)

Notes

117

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Selected Poems of Ben Jonson

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