Social Commentaries

On Somebody that walks Somewhere

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

Social Commentaries

At court I met it, in clothes brave enough,
To be a courtier; and looks grave enough,
To seem a statesman: as I near it came,
It made me a great face; I ask'd the name.
A Lord, it cried, buried in flesh and blood,
And such from whom let no man hope least good,
For I will do none; and as little ill,
For I will dare none: Good Lord, walk dead still.

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Epigrams, no. 11.

MLA

Jonson, Ben. “On Somebody that walks Somewhere.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/63/.

Chicago

Jonson, Ben. “On Somebody that walks Somewhere.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/63/.

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