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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE NEW INN: A VISION OF BEAUTY, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It was a beauty that I saw Last Line: All beauty! -- and without a spot. Variant Title(s): "perfect Beauty;""it Was A Beauty That I Saw"" (from The New Inn); Subject(s): Admiration; Beauty | |||
IT was a beauty that I saw, -- So pure, so perfect, as the frame Of all the universe were lame To that one figure, could I draw, Or give least line of it a law: A skein of silk without a knot A fair march made without a halt! A curious form without a fault! A printed book wihtout a blot! All beauty! -- and without a spot. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...VARIATIONS: 14 by CONRAD AIKEN DIVINELY SUPERFLUOUS BEAUTY by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE BEAUTY OF THINGS by ROBINSON JEFFERS HOPE IS NOT FOR THE WISE by ROBINSON JEFFERS LIFE FROM THE LIFELESS by ROBINSON JEFFERS REARMAMENT by ROBINSON JEFFERS SHANE ONEILLS CAIRN by ROBINSON JEFFERS A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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