Arts & Sciences

To Courtling

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

Arts & Sciences

I grieve not, Courtling, thou art started up
A chamber-critic, and doth dine, and sup
At madam's table, where thou mak'st all wit
Go high, or low, as thou wilt value it.
'Tis not thy judgment breeds thy prejudice,
Thy person only, Courtling, is the vice.

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Epigrams, no. 72.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “To Courtling.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/115/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “To Courtling.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/115/.

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