Ben Jonson

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

A third Cato has dropped from the skies.

Follow a shadow, it still flies you,
Seem to fly, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, read more

Follow a shadow, it still flies you,
Seem to fly, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadows of us men?

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

The world knows only two, that's Rome and I.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

A woman is most merciless when shame goads on her hate.

Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to read more

Still to be neat, still to be drest,
As you were going to a feast,
Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd.
Lady, it is to be presumed,
Though art's hid causes are not found,
All is not sweet, all is not sound.