Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO CLEMENT EDWARDS, ON HIS CAESAR'S COMMENTARIES OBSERVED (1), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Not caesar's deeds, nor all his honours won Last Line: His life, but makes, that he can die no more. Subject(s): Edmondes, Clement (1564-1622); History; Rome, Italy; Historians | ||||||||
Not Caesar's deeds, nor all his honours won, In these west parts, nor when that war was done, The name of Pompey for an enemy, Cato's to boot, Rome, and her liberty, All yielding to his fortune, nor, the while, To have engraved these acts, with his own stile, And that so strong and deep, as't might be thought, He wrote, with the same spirit that he fought, Nor that his work lived in the hands of foes, Unargued then, and yet hath fame from those; Not all these, Edmonds, or what else put to, Can so speak Caesar, as thy labours do. For, where his person lived scarce one just age, And that, midst envy and parts; then fell by rage: His deeds too dying, but in books (whose good How few have read! how fewer understood!) Thy learned hand, and true Promethean art (As by a new creation) part by part, In every council, stratagem, design, Action, or engine, worth a note of thine, To all future time, not only doth restore His life, but makes, that he can die no more. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL THE HISTORY OF MY LIFE by JOHN ASHBERY INITIAL CONDITIONS by MARVIN BELL THE DREAM SONGS: 290 by JOHN BERRYMAN THE EROTICS OF HISTORY by EAVAN BOLAND THEM AND US by LUCILLE CLIFTON 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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