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Ben Jonson

c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637

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	Poem Title	First Lines	Period	# Lines	# Reads
1:	A Celebration Of Charis: I. His Excuse For Loving	Let it not your wonder move,			758
2:	A Celebration Of Charis: IV. Her Triumph	See the chariot at hand here of Love,			779
3:	A Farewell To The World	False world, good night! since thou hast brought			758
4:	A Fit Of Rhyme Against Rhyme	Rhyme, the rack of finest wits,			853
5:	A Hymn On The Nativity Of My Savior	I sing the birth was born tonight,			854
6:	A Hymn To God The Father	Hear me, O God!			756
7:	A Pangyre	Heav'n now not strives, alone, our breasts to fill			558
8:	A Part Of An Ode	It is not growing like a tree			722
9:	A Pindaric Ode	Brave infant of Saguntum, clear			785
10:	A Prayer	Again! Come, give, yield all your strength to me!			747
11:	A Sonnet, To The Noble Lady, The Lady Mary Wroth	I that have been a lover, and could show it,			555
12:	An Elegy	Though beauty be the mark of praise,			933
13:	An Epitaph On A Child Of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel	Weep with me, all you that read			818
14:	An Ode To Himself	Where dost thou careless lie,			844
15:	And Must I Sing?	And must I sing? what subject shall I chuse?			773
16:	Begging Another	For love’s sake, kiss me once again;			568
17:	Blaney's Last Directions	It is usual			584
18:	Clerimont's Song	Still to be neat, still to be dressed,			683
19:	Come, My Celia	Come, my Celia, let us prove			550
20:	Conditions Of Living	Living a whole life has three conditions:			527
21:	Epistle To Elizabeth Countesse Of Rutland	VVhil'st that, for which all vertue now is sold,			520
22:	Epistle: To Katherine, Lady Aubigny	Tis growne almost a danger to speake true			518
23:	Epitaph	Weep with me, all you that read			647
24:	Epitaph On Elizabeth	Wouldst thou hear what man can say			524
25:	Epitaph On S.P., A Child Of Queen Elizabeth's Chapel	Weep with me, all you that read			612
26:	Epode	Not to know vice at all, and keepe true state,			549
27:	Evening: Barents Sea	Great lucid streamers bar the sky ahead			547
28:	For A Girl In A Book	Kim, composite of all my loves,			517
29:	From - Witches' Song	The owl is abroad,the bat and the toad,			533
30:	Gypsy Songs	The faery beam upon you,			772
31:	Have You Seen But A Bright Lily Grow	Have you seen but a bright lily grow			779
32:	Hymn To Diana	Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,			772
33:	In The Ember Days Of My Last Free Summer	In the ember days of my last free summer,			520
34:	Inviting A Friend To Supper	Tonight, grave sir, both my poor house and I			822
35:	It Is Not Growing Like A Tree	It is not growing like a tree			851
36:	Karolin's Song	Though I am young, and cannot tell,			814
37:	Living By	Walking, snow falling, it is possible			724
38:	Love-All	The decorously informative church			734
39:	My Picture Left In Scotland	I now think Love is rather deaf than blind,			764
40:	Natural Progress	In all faith, we did our part:			717
41:	Nine Stages Towards Knowing	Why do we lie,’ she questioned, her warm eyes			764
42:	Occupation: Father	My son finds occupation			813
43:	Ode To Himself Upon The Censure Of His New Inn	Come, leave the loathed stage,			784
44:	On Don Surly	Don Surly, to aspire the glorious name			702
45:	On Elizabeth L. H.	Wouldst thou hear what Man can say			703
46:	On Giles And Joan	Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be?			765
47:	On Lucy, Countess Of Bedford	This morning, timely rapt with holy fire,			720
48:	On My First Daughter	Here lies to each her parents’ Ruth,			720
49:	On My First Son	Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;			717
50:	On Salathiel Pavy	Weep with me, all you that read			694
51:	On Something, That Walks Somewhere	At court I met it, in clothes brave enough			754
52:	Opening Doors	He smashed his hand			745
53:	Port Ceiriad Bay	Descended to the shore, odd how we left			714
54:	Preconception	But tonight a poem came			683
55:	Queen And Huntress	Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,			726
56:	So Breaks The Sun	So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains,			663
57:	Song From The Silent Woman	Still to be neat, still to be dressed,			661
58:	Song To Celia	Drink to me only with thine eyes,			539
59:	Song To Celia (2)	Come, my Celia, let us prove			517
60:	Song To Diana	Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,			552
61:	Song: From Cynthia's Revels	O, that joy so soon should waste!			505
62:	Song: That Women Are But Mens Shaddows	Follow a shaddow, it still flies you,			509
63:	Song: To Celia	Drink to me, only, with thine eyes,			530
64:	Song: To Celia	Come my Celia, let us prove,			515
65:	Song: To Cynthia	Queen and huntress, chaste and fair,			504
66:	Song: To Sicknesse	Why, Disease, dost thou molest			537
67:	That Women Are But Men's Shadows	Follow a shadow, it still flies you;			533
68:	The Alchemist	The sickness hot, a master quit, for fear,			556
69:	The Alchemist: Prologue	Fortune, that favours fools, these two short hours,			537
70:	The Metamorphosed Gypsies (Excerpt)	The fairy beam upon you,			535
71:	The Noble Balm	High-spirited friend,			605
72:	The Noble Nature	It is not growing like a tree			509
73:	The Short Fear	I maintain my self in the conviction			523
74:	The Speech	The long laments I spent for ruin'd Troy,			501
75:	The Speeches Of Gratulations	Time, Fate, and Fortune have at length conspir'd,			546
76:	The Thames At Mortlake	if only for ten minutes			554
77:	To Heaven	Good, and great God, can I not think of thee,			800
78:	To Heaven	Good and great God, can I not think of thee			591
79:	To John Donne	Donne, the delight of Phoebus and each Muse			540
80:	To Lucy, Countess Of Bedford, With John Donne's Satires	Lucy, you brightness of our sphere, who are			506
81:	To My Book	It will be looked for, book, when some but see			526
82:	To Penshurst	Thou art not, Penshurst, built to envious show,			540
83:	To Sir Robert Wroth	How blest art thou, canst love the countrey, Wroth,			507
84:	To The Immortal Memory And Friendship Of That Noble Pair, Sir Lucius Cary And Sir H. Morison	Brave infant of Saguntum, clear			608
85:	To The Memory Of My Beloved Author, Mr. William Shakespeare	To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name,			552
86:	To The Memory Of My Beloved, The Author, Mr. William Shakespeare, And What He Hath Left Us	To draw no envy, Shakespeare, on thy name,			546
87:	To The Reader	Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand,			661
88:	To The Same	Kisse mee, Sweet: The wary lover			678
89:	To The World	False world, good-night, since thou hast brought			703
90:	To William Camden	Camden, most reverend head, to whom I owe			694
91:	Venus' Runaway	Beauties, have ye seen this toy,			670
92:	Why I Write Not To Love	Some act of Love's bound to reherse,			542

About:
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor.
A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone and The Alchemist which are considered his best, and his lyric poems.
A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

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