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Let it not your wonder move, Less your laughter, that I love. Though I now write fifty years, I have had, and have, my peers; Poets, though divine, are men, Some have lov'd as old again. And it is not always face, Clothes, or fortune, gives the grace; Or the feature, or the youth.
By Ben Jonson. Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup, And I’ll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise. Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove’s nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
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The poem begins with the speaker suggesting that his lover “Drink to” him with only her eyes. He will reciprocate this actby, with his own eyes, pledging himself to her. This wordless communication is extremely intimate and is a suitable introduction to the dynamic that exists between the two. The poet is invested in comparing his love, and the ind...
‘Song: to Celia’ by Ben Jonson is a two-stanza poem that is separated into sets of eight lines. This piece follows a consistent and structured pattern of rhymethat conforms to the pattern of “abcbabcb defedefe”. The choice to use this rhyme scheme allowed the poet to unite lines that are scattered in their indention and length. The repeated use of ...
‘Song; to Celia’ by Ben Jonson is an interesting love poem that encompasses the theme of love. There are two important sub-themes under the major theme of love. One is the physicality of love and another is the spirituality of love. The first stanza presents the spiritual aspect of love that is generated from the soul of the poetic persona, here th...
‘Song: to Celia’ by Ben Jonson presents several important literary devices throughout the text. In the first line itself, there is a metaphor. Here “eyes” represent something that intoxicates the soul. In another scenario, “eyes” build trust between a lover and his beloved. In the line, “And I’ll not look for wine”, the poet employs a literary devi...
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His Excuse for Loving. Ben Jonson. 1572 –. 1637. Let it not your wonder move, Less your laughter, that I love. Though I now write fifty years, I have had, and have, my peers. Poets, though divine, are men;
"Song: To Celia" (better known as "Drink to me only with thine eyes") is Ben Jonson's famous love song, first published in his 1616 collection The Forest. The poem's speaker tells his beloved that her love is sweeter, more intoxicating, and more life-giving than even the nectar of the gods.
An Elegy. By Ben Jonson. Though beauty be the mark of praise, And yours of whom I sing be such. As not the world can praise too much, Yet ’tis your virtue now I raise. A virtue, like allay, so gone. Throughout your form, as, though that move. And draw and conquer all men’s love,
The Triumph. SEE the Chariot at hand here of Love, Wherein my Lady rideth! Each that draws is a swan or a dove, And well the car Love guideth. As she goes, all hearts do duty Unto her beauty; And enamour'd do wish, so they might But enjoy such a sight, That they still were to run by her side, Through swords, through seas, whither she would ride.
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