"Though beauty be the mark of praise," begins this poem, placed online by Project Bartleby and the Oxford Book of English Verse.
Presents extracts from Ben Johnson's satire of 1559. Contains some reference notes.
Poem begins with "False world, good night! since thou hast brought/ That hour upon my morn of age." From Project Bartleby.
Find the text of this poem, made possible by the Oxford Book of English Verse and Project Bartleby.
View a Ben Jonson Masque first performed in 1611. Offers links to articles, resources, and images.
Two stanzas make up this poem, provided here by Project Bartleby.
Short poem begins with the exhortation, "Wouldst thou hear what Man can say/ In a little? Reader, stay." From Project Bartleby.
"Weep with me, all you that read/ This little story," Jonson tells his readers. Read the rest, courtesy of Project Bartleby.
Six-stanza poem is subtitled "to the Immortal Memory and Friendship of that noble pair, Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison."
Offers Ben Johnson's comic satire, also called, "His Arraignement." Links to other Ben Jonson works.
Select from a number of Jonson's poems, including "A Fit of Rhyme Against Rhyme."
Lists numerous links to online texts of Jonson's writings, including "Every Man in His Humour" and "Volpone."
Read both stanzas of this Jonson poem, made possible by the Oxford Book of English Verse and Project Bartleby.
Poem consists of two stanzas, the first of which begins with the line, "Still to be neat, still to be drest." From Project Bartleby.
Ben Jonson's pithy poem implores a lover to let go of artifice.
Project Bartleby makes it possible to read the text of the poem that begins "Drink to me only with thine eyes."
Oxford Book of English Verse and Project Bartleby offers this poem to readers. It begins with the words "See the Chariot at hand here of Love."