Ben Jonson

I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
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I think that I shall never see
A poem as lovely as a tree.
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Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick.

The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.

The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.

It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. read more

It strikes! one, two,
Three, four, five, six. Enough, enough, dear watch,
Thy pulse hath beat enough. Now sleep and rest;
Would thou could'st make the time to do so too;
I'll wind thee up no more.

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

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