Ben Jonson - Biographies of Ben Jonson

Biographies of Ben Jonson

  • Ben Jonson: His Life and Work by Rosalind Miles
  • Ben Jonson: His Craft and Art by Rosalind Miles
  • Ben Jonson: A Literary Life by W. David Kay
  • Ben Jonson: A Life by David Riggs (1989)
  • Ben Jonson: A Life by Ian Donaldson (2011)

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    Blueness doth express trueness.
    Ben Jonson (1573–1637)

    ‘Tis the gift to be simple ‘tis the gift to be free
    ‘Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be
    And when we find ourselves in the place just right
    ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
    —Unknown. ‘Tis the Gift to Be Simple.

    AH. American Hymns Old and New, Vols. I–II. Vol. I, with music; Vol. II, notes on the hymns and biographies of the authors and composers. Albert Christ-Janer, Charles W. Hughes, and Carleton Sprague Smith, eds. (1980)

    ‘Tis the gift to be simple ‘tis the gift to be free
    ‘Tis the gift to come down where you ought to be
    And when we find ourselves in the place just right
    ‘Twill be in the valley of love and delight.
    —Unknown. ‘Tis the Gift to Be Simple.

    AH. American Hymns Old and New, Vols. I–II. Vol. I, with music; Vol. II, notes on the hymns and biographies of the authors and composers. Albert Christ-Janer, Charles W. Hughes, and Carleton Sprague Smith, eds. (1980)

    Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge
    Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
    That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge
    Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so,
    And spedde as wel in love as men now do;
    Eek for to winne love in sondry ages,
    In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.
    Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)

    Tonight, grave sir, both my poore house, and I
    Doe equally desire your companie:
    Not that we thinke us worthy such a ghest,
    But that your worth will dignifie our feast,
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)