 scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age! Rest in soft peace; and, asked, say: Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry — For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves may never like too much.  The poems of Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, and Ben Jonson, ed., with ... - Page 298by Robert Greene - 1876Full view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson - Poets, Latin - 1616 - 418 pages
...(Conversations, pp. 19-20). The child was in his seventh year. Cf. Epigram 45, with its beautiful couplet: Rest in soft peace, and asked, say here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of Poetry. 3. 1. 143-4. I ... Phcebvs. 'Alluding to the plague sent by Apollo among the Grecians, on account of... | |
 | Select collection - Epitaphs - 1806 - 262 pages
...I lose all father, now. P'or why Will man lament the state he should envie ? To have so soon scap'd world's, and flesh's rage, And, if no other misery, yet age ? Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say here doth lie Ben. Johnson his best piece of poetry. For whose sake, henceforth, all his... | |
 | David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1808 - 708 pages
...For why Will man lament the state he should envy ? » To have so »oon 'scap'd world's and fleshes rage, And if no other misery, yet age ? Rest in soft peace, and, ask'd, say here doth lye Een Jonson his best piece of poetrie, For whose sake henceforth all his vowca... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 482 pages
...the just day. O, could I lose all father, now! for why, Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon scaped world's, and flesh's rage,...no other misery, yet age ! Rest in soft peace, and ask'd, say here doth lie BEN JONSON his best piece of poetry : For whose sake henceforth all his vows... | |
 | North American review - 1896 - 780 pages
...that of Ben Jonson—another epitaph writer, but this time a poet too—on a similar occasion: " Best in soft peace, and, asked, say here doth lie, Ben Jonson his best piece of poetrie." That the trade in epitaphs was by no means confined to London or to the higher grades of... | |
 | North American review - 1896 - 818 pages
...Jonson — another epitaph writer, but this time a poet too— on a similar occasion : " Best In (oft peace, and, asked, say here doth lie, Ben Jonson his best piece of poetrie." That the trade in epitaphs was by no means confined to London or to the higher grades of... | |
 | Childhood - 1841 - 384 pages
...the just day. O, could I lose all father, now ! For why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage,...Rest in soft peace! and, asked, say here doth lie Ben Jouson his best piece of poesy. For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such, As what he loves... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 pages
...own old age. O, could I lose all, father, now ! for why Will man lament the state he should envy ? To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And if no other misery, yet age. Besides epitaphs on young persons, many beautiful passages on the subject of their premature deaths... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...loved boy ! Seven years were lent to me, and I thee pay Kxactcd by thy fate, on the just day. llcst in soft peace ! and, asked, say — Here doth lie Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry! For whoso sake, henceforth, all his vowg bo Cla. (softly). Rare Ben Jonson ! Bur. There's my chaise. Farewell,... | |
 | 1846 - 910 pages
...lament the Htate he should envy ? To have HO soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage, And, if no othtr Misery, yet age ! Rest in soft peace, and asked, say here doth Ho Bon Jonson his best piece of poetry ; For whose sake henceforth all his vows bo such As what he... | |
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