Ben Jonson

The Complete Poems

Herausgeber: Parfitt, George

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Produktbeschreibung

Contains poetry Ben Jonson, one of the greatest English playwrights of the 17th century and also a lyric poet. The poems included are: "Epigrams", "The Forest and Underwoods", "On My First Son", "Song to Celia", "On Poet-Ape", and "An Ode to Himself". They offer a celebration of both one man's life, and of an age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 640
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 1981
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 436g
• ISBN-13: 9780140422771
• ISBN-10: 0140422773
• Artikelnr.: 22276098

Autorenporträt

Ben Jonson was born in 1572, the posthumous son of a minister and was educated at Westminster School thanks to an unknown patron. In 1597, after brief careers as a bricklayer and soldier, he began to work for Henslowe's company as a player and playwright. In addition to the comedies Jonson also produced two tragedies. In 1616 he was granted a royal pension and was made, in effect, Poet Laureate. He died on 6 August 1637.

Inhaltsangabe

The Complete PoemsPreface Table of Dates Further Reading Epigrams
Dedication I. To the Reader II. To My Book III. To My Bookseller IV. To
King James V. On the Union VI. To Alchemists VII. On the New Hot-House
VIII. On a Robbery IX. To All, to Whom I Write X. To My Lord Ignorant XI.
On Something, that Walks Somewhere XII. On Lieutenant Shift XIII. To Doctor
Empiric XIV. To William Camden XV. On Court-Worm XVI. To Brain-Hardy XVII.
To the Learned Critic XVIII. To My Mere English Censurer XIX. On Sir Cod
the Perfumed XX. To the Same Sir Cod XXI. On Reformed Gamester XXII. On My
First Daughter XXIII. To John Donne XXIV. To the Parliament XXV. On Sir
Voluptuous Beast XXVI. On the Same Beast XXVII. On Sir John Roe XXVIII. On
Don Surly XXIX. To Sir Annual Tilter XXX. To Person Guilty XXXI. On Bank
the Usurer XXXII. On Sir John Roe XXXIII. To the Same XXXIV. Of Death XXXV.
To King James XXXVI. To the Ghost of Martial XXXVII. On Cheveril the Lawyer
XXXVIII. To Person Guilty XXXIX. On Old Colt XL. On Margaret Ratcliffe XLI.
On Gypsy XLII. On Giles and Joan XLIII. To Robert, Earl of Salisbury XLIV.
On Chuff, Banks the Usurer's Kinsman XLV. On My First Son XLVI. To Sir
Luckless Woo-All XLVII. To the Same XLVIII. On Mongrel Esquire XLVIX. To
Playwright L. To Sir Cod LI. To King James LII. To Censorious Courtling
LIII. To Old-End Gatherer LIV. On Cheveril LV. To Francis Beaumont LVI. On
Poet-Ape LVII. On Bawds and Usurers LVIII. To Groom Idiot LIX. On Spies LX.
To William, Lord Mounteagle LXI. To Fool, or Knave LXII. To Fine Lady
Would-Be LXIII. To Robert, Earl of Salisbury LXIV. To the Same LXV. To My
Muse LXVI. To Sir Henry Cary LXVII. To Thomas, Earl of Suffolk LXVIII. On
Playwright LXIX. To Pertinax Cob LXX. To William Roe LXXI. On Court-Parrot
LXXII. To Courtling LXXIII. To Fine Grand LXXIV. To Thomas, Lord Chancellor
LXXV. On Lip the Teacher LXXVI. On Lucy, Countess of Bedford LXXVII. To One
that Desired Me Not to Name Him LXXVIII. To Hornet LXXIX. To Elizabeth,
Countess of Rutland LXXX. Of Life and Death LXXXI. To Prowl the Plagiary
LXXXII. On Cashiered Capt[ain] Surly LXXXIII. To a Friend LXXXIV. To Lucy,
Countess of Bedford LXXXV. To Sir Henry Goodyere LXXXVI. To the Same
LXXXVII. On Captain Hazard the Cheater LXXXVIII. On English Monsieur
LXXXIX. To Edward Alleyn XC. On Mill, My Lady's Woman XCI. To Sir Horace
Vere XCII. The New Cry XCIII. To Sir John Radcliffe XCIV. To Lucy, Countess
of Bedford, with Mr. Donne's Satires XCV. To Sir Henry Savile XCVI. To John
Donne XCVII. On the New Motion XCVIII. To Sir Thomas Roe XCIX. To the Same
C. On Playwright CI. Inviting a Friend to Supper CII. To William, Earl of
Pembroke CIII. To Mary, Lady Wroth CIV. To Susan, Countess of Montgomery
CV. To Mary, Lady Wroth CVI. To Sir Edward Herbert CVII. To Captain Hungry
CVIII. To True Soldiers CIX. To Sir Henry Nevil CX. To Clement Edmonds CXI.
To the Same CXII. To a Weak Gamester in Poetry CXIII. To Sir Thomas
Overbury CXIV. To Mrs. Philip Sidney CXV. On the Town's Honest Man CXVI. To
Sir William Jephson CXVII. On Groin CXVIII. On Gut CXIX. To Sir Ra[l]ph
Shelton CXX. Epitaph on S. P., a Child of Q[ueen] E[lizabeth's] Chapel
CXXI. To Benjamin Rudyerd CXXII. To the Same CXXIII. To the Same CXXIV.
Epitaph on Elizabeth, L. H. CXXV. To Sir William Uvedale CXXVI. To His
Lady, then Mrs. Cary CXXVII. To Esme, Lord Aubigny CXXVIII. To William Roe
CXXIX. To Mime CXXX. To Alphonso Ferrabosco, on His Book CXXXI. To the Same
CXXXII. To Mr. Joshua Sylvester CXXXIII. On the Famous Voyage
The Forest I. Why I Write not of Love II. To Penshurst III. To Sir Robert
Wroth IV. To the World V. Song. To Celia VI. To the Same VII. Song. That
Women are but Men's Shadows VIII. To Sickness IX. Song. To Celia X. "And
must I sing? What subject shall I choose?" XI. Epode XII. Epistle to
Elizabeth, Countess of Rutland XIII. Epistle. To Katherine, Lady Aubigny
XIV. Ode. To Sir William Sidney, on His Birthday XV. To Heaven
Underwoods To the Reader I. Poems of Devotion 1. The Sinner's Sacrifice 2.
A Hymn to God the Father 3. A Hymn on the Nativity of My Saviour II. A
Celebration of Charis in Ten Lyric Pieces 1. His Excuse for Loving 2. How
He Saw Her 3. What He Suffered 4. Her Triumph 5. Her Discourse with Cupid
6. Claiming a Second Kiss by Desert 7. Begging Another, on Colour of
Mending the Former 8. Urging Her of a Promise 9. Her Man Described by Her
Own Dictamen 10. Another Lady's Exception Present at the Hearing III. The
Musical Strife; in a Pastoral Dialogue IV. "Oh do not wanton with those
eyes" V. In the Person of Womankind VI. Another. In Defence of Their
Inconstancy. A Song VII. A Nymph's Passion VIII. The Hour-Glass IX. My
Picture Left in Scotland X. Against Jealousy XI. The Dream XII. An Epitaph
on Master Vincent Corbet XIII. An Epistle to Sir Edward Sackville, now Earl
of Dorset XIV. An Epistle to Master John Selden XV. An Epistle to a Friend,
to Persuade Him to the Wars XVI. An Epitaph on Master Philip Gray XVII.
Epistle to a Friend XVIII. An Elegy ("Can beauty that did prompt me first
to write") XIX. An Elegy ("By those bright eyes, at whose immortal fires")
XX. A Satirical Shrub XXI. A Little Shrub Growing By XXII. An Elegy
("Though beauty be the mark of praise") XXIII. An Ode. To Himself XXIV. The
Mind of the Frontispiece to a Book XXV. An Ode to James, Earl of Desmond
XXVI. An Ode ("High-spirited friend") XXVII. An Ode ("Helen, did Homer
never see") XXVIII. A Sonnet, to the Noble Lady, the Lady Mary Wroth XXIX.
A Fit of Rhyme against Rhyme XXX. An Epigram on William, Lord Burl[eigh]
XXXI. An Epigram. To Thomas Lo[rd] Ellesmere XXXII. Another to Hiim XXXIII.
An Epigram to the Councillor that Pleaded and Carried the Cause XXXIV. An
Epigram. To the Small-Pox XXXV. An Epitaph XXXVI. A Song ("Come, let us
here enjoy the shade") XXXVII. An Epistle to a Friend XXXVIII. An Elegy
("'Tis true, I'm broke! Vows, oaths, and all I had") (XXXIX. An Elegy) XL.
An Elegy ("That love's a bitter sweet, I ne'er conceive") XLI. An Elegy
("Since you must go, and I must bid farewell") XLII. An Elegy ("Let me be
what I am, as Virgil cold") XLIII. An Execration upon Vulcan XLIV. A Speech
according to Horace XLV. An Epistle to Master Arth[ur] Squib XLVI. An
Epigram on Sir Edward Coke XLVII. An Epistle Answering to One that Asked to
be Sealed of the Tribe of Ben XLVIII. The Dedication of the King's New
Cellar. To Bacchus XLIX. An Epigram on the Court Pucell L. An Epigram. To
the Honoured -, Countess of - LI. Lord Bacon's Birthday LII. (A Poem Sent
Me by Sir William Burlase) LIII. An Epigram. To William, Earl of Newcastle
LIV. Epistle to Mr. Arthur Squib LV. To Mr. John Burges LVI. Epistle. To My
Lady Covell LVII. To Master John Burges LVIII. Epigram to My Bookseller
LIX. An Epigram. To William, Earl of Newcastle LX. An Epitaph, on Henry
L[ord] La-ware. To the Passer-By LXI. An Epigram ("That you have seen the
pride, beheld the sport") LXII. An Epigram. To K[ing] Charles LXIII. To
K[ing] Charles and Q[ueen] Mary LXIV. An Epigram. To our Great and Good
K[ing] Charles LXV. An Epigram on the Prince's Birth LXVI. An Epigram to
the Queen, then Lying in. LXVII. An Ode, or Song, by All the Muses LXVIII.
An Epigram. To the Household. 1630 LXIX. An Epigram. To a Friend and Son
LXX. To the Immortal Memory and Friendship of that Noble Pair, Sir Lucius
Cary and Sir H. Morison LXXI. To the Right Honourable, the Lord High
Treasurer of England LXXII. To the King. On His Birthday LXXIII. On the
Right Honourable and Virtuous Lord Weston LXXIV. To the Right Hon[oura]ble
Hierome, L[ord] Weston LXXV. Epithalamion: or, a Song LXXVI. The Humble
Petition of Poor Ben to the Best of Monarchs, Masters, Men, King Charles
LXXVII. To the Right Honourable, the Lord Treasurer of England. An Epigram
LXXVIII. An Epigram to My Muse, the Lady Digby, on Her Husband, Sir Kenelm
Digby LXXIX. A New Year's Gift Sung to King Charles. 1635 LXXX. "Fair
friend, 'tis true, your beauties move" LXXXI. On the King's Birthday
LXXXII. To My L[ord] the King, on the Christening His Second Son James
LXXXIII. An Elegy on the Lady Jane Pawlet, Marchion[ess] of Winton LXXXIV.
Eupheme The dedication of her cradle The song of her descent The picture of
the body Her mind Her being chosen a muse Her fair offices Her happy match
Her hopeful issue Her apotheosis, or relation to the saints Her
inscription, or crown LXXXV. The Praises of a Country Life (Horace, Second
Epode) LXXXVI. (Horace). Ode the First. The Fourth Book. To Venus LXXXVII.
Ode IX, 3 Book, to Lydia. Dialogue of Horace and Lydia LXXXVIII. Fragmentum
Petron. Arbitr. The Same Translated LXXXIX. Epigramma Martialis. Lib. VIII.
lxxviii. The Same Translated
Miscellaneous Poems I. To Thomas Palmer II. In Authorem III. Author ad
Librum IV. To the Author V. To the Worthy Author M[r] John Fletcher VI. To
the Right Noble Tom VII. To the London Reader VIII. To His Much and
Worthily Esteemed Friend the Author IX. To the Worth Author on The Husband
X. To His Friend the Author upon His Richard XI. To My Truly-Beloved
Friend, Mr. Browne XII. To My Worthy and Honoured Friend, Mr. George
Chapman XIII. On the Author, Work, and Translator XIV. To the Reader XV. To
the Memory of My Beloved, the Author Mr. William Shakespeare XVI. From The
Touchstone of Truth XVII. To My Chosen Friend XVIII. The Vision of Ben
Jonson XIX. On the Honoured Poems of His Honoured Friend, Sir John
Beaumont, Baronet XX. To My Worthy Friend, Master Edward Filmer XXI. To My
Old Faithful Servant XXII. To Mrs. Alice Sutcliffe XXIII. To My Dear Son,
and Right-Learned Friend, Master Joseph Rutter XXIV. "Stay, view this
stone: and, if thou beest not such" XXV. A Speech Presented unto King James
XXVI. To the Most Noble, and above His Titles, Robert, Earl of Somerset
XXVII. Charles Cavendish to His Posterity XXVIII. To the Memory of that
Most Honoured Lady Jane XXIX. Epitaph on Katherine, Lady Ogle XXX. An
Epigram to My Jovial Good Friend Mr. Robert Dover XXXI. Ode Enthusiastic
XXXII. Ode Allegoric XXXIII. Ode to Himself XXXIV. Ode ("If men, and times
were now") XXXV. "Slow, slow, fresh fount, keep time with my salt tears")
XXXVI. "O, that joy so soon should waste!" XXXVII. "Thou more than most
sweet glove" XXXVIII. "Queen and huntress, chaste, and fair" XXXIX. "If I
freely may discover" XL. "Swell me a bowl with lusty wine" XLI. "Love is
blind, and a wanton" XLII. "Blush, folly, blush: here's none that fears"
XLIII. "Wake! Our mirth begins to die" XLIV. "Fools, they are the only
nation" XLV. "Had old Hippocrates, or Galen" XLVI. "You that would last
long, list to my song" XLVII. "Still to be neat, still to be dressed"
XLVIII. "Modest, and fair, for fair and good are near" XLIX. "My masters
and friends, and good people draw near" L. "It was a beauty that I saw" LI.
"Though I am young, and cannot tell" LII. "Sound, sound aloud" LIII.
"Daughters of the subtle flood" LIV. "Now Dian, with her burning face" LV.
"When Love at first did move" LVI. "So beauty on the waters stood" LVII.
"If all these Cupids now were blind" LVIII. "Had those that dwell in error
foul" LIX. "Still turn, and imitate the heaven" LX. "Bid all profane away"
LXI. "These, these are they" LXII. "Now, now begin to set" LXIII. "Think
yet how night doth waste" LXIV. "O know to end, as to begin" LXV.
Epithalamion ("Glad time is at his point arrived") LXVI. Epithalamion ("Up,
youths and virgins, up, and praise") LXVII. Charm LXVIII. "Help, help, all
tongues to celebrate this wonder" LXIX. "Who, Virtue, can thy power forget"
LXX. "Buzz, quoth the blue-fly" LXXI. "Now, my cunning lady moon" LXXII.
"Melt earth to sea, sea flow to air" LXXIII. "The solemn rites are well
begun" LXXIV. "Nay, nay,/You must not stay" LXXV. "Nor yet, nor yet, O you
in this night blessed" LXXVI. "Gentle knights" LXXVII. "O yet how early,
and before her time" LXXVIII. "Gentle Love, be not dismayed" LXXIX. "A
crown, a crown for Love's bright head" LXXX. "What just excuse had aged
Time" LXXXI. "O how came Love, that is himself a fire" LXXXII. "This motion
ws of love begot" LXXXIII. "Have men beheld the graces dance" LXXXIV. "Give
end unto thy pastimes, Love" LXXXV. "Bow both your heads at once, and
hearts" LXXXVI. "So breaks the sun earth's rugged chains" LXXXVII. "Soft,
subtle fire, thou soul of art" LXXXVIII. "How young and fresh I am tonight"
LXXXIX. "Hum drum, sauce for a cony" XC. "Nor do you think that their legs
is all" XCI. "Break, Fant'sy, from thy cave of cloud" XCII. Hymn XCIII.
"Come on, come on!" XCIV. "It follows now you are to prove" XCV. "An eye of
looking back were well" XCVI. "Howe'er the brightness may amaze" XCVII.
"Now look and see in yonder throne" XCVIII. "From the famous Peak of Derby"
XCIX. "The fairy beam upon you" C. "To the old, long life and treasure" CI.
"Cocklorrel woulds needs have the devil his guest" CII. Ballad CIII. "Which
way and whence the lightning flew" CIV. "Come, noble nymphs, and do not
hide" CV. Euclia's Hymn CVI. "Come forth, come forth, the gentle Spring"
CVII. A Song of Welcome to King Charles CVIII. A Song of the Moon CIX.
Proludium CX. A Panegyre, on the Happy Entrance of James CXI. (a) Murder;
(b) Peace; (c) The Power of Gold CXII. The Phoenix Analysed CXIII. Over the
Door at the Entrance into the Apollo CXIV. An Epistle to a Friend CXV. Here
Follow Certain Other Verses CXVI. Ben Jonson's Grace before King James
CXVII. (To Mr. Ben Jonson in His Journey, by Mr. Craven); This was Ben
Jonson's Answer of the Sudden CXVIII. An Expostulation with Inigo Jones
CXIX. To Inigo, Marquess Would Be, a Corollary CXX. To a Friend, an Epigram
of Him CXXI. (To Mr. Jonson upon these Verses); To My Detractor CXXII. (On
The Magnetic Lady); Ben Jonson's Answer CXXIII. The Garland of the Blessed
Virgin Mary CXXIV. The Reverse on the Back Side CXXV. Martial. Epigram
XLVII, Book X CXXVI. A Speech Out of Lucan
Horace, of the Art of Poetry
Appendix 1: Timber: or Discoveries Appendix 2: Conversations with William
Drummond
Notes Index of First Lines Index of Titles