History & Politics

The Counter-Turn

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

History & Politics

This made you first to know the why
You liked, then after, to apply
That liking; and approach so one the t'other,
Till either grew a portion of the other:
Each styled by his end,
The copy of his friend.
You lived to be the great sir-names,
And titles, by which all made claims
Unto the virtue; nothing perfect done,
But as a Cary, or a Morison.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “The Counter-Turn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/20/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “The Counter-Turn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/20/.

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