Relationships
To the same
From Epigrams (1616)
Relationships
When I would know thee, Goodyere, my thought looks
Upon thy well-made choice of friends, and books;
Then do I love thee, and behold thy ends
In making thy friends books, and thy books friends:
Now I must give thy life and deed, the voice
Attending such a study, such a choice;
Where, though 't be love that to thy praise doth move,
It was a knowledge that begat that love.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 86.
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Jonson, Ben. “To the same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/127/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “To the same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/127/.
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