Relationships

To the same

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

Relationships

If I would wish for truth, and not for show,
The aged Saturn's age and rites to know;
If I would strive to bring back times, and try
The world's pure gold, and wise simplicity;
If I would virtue set as she was young,
And hear her speak with one, and her first tongue;
If holiest friendship, naked to the touch,
I would restore, and keep it ever such;
I need no other arts, but study thee:
Who prov'st all these were, and again may be.

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Epigrams, no. 122.

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Jonson, Ben. “To the same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/162/.

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Jonson, Ben. “To the same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/162/.

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