18+ Ben Jonson Most Famous Poem Pics. Benjamin jonson was an english renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. Volpone, his most famous and most frequently staged work, is also his harshest attack on human vice, specifically targeting greed.
On my first sonne, a poem by ben jonson, was written in 1603 and published in 1616 after the death of jonson's first son benjamin at the age of seven. He popularised the comedy of humours. From the first line of the poem, we can see this.
Jonson's most famous lyric poem, song to celia, is better known as the popular english song drink to me only with thine eyes.
Of my making, all the good and some of the bad, yet of yourself Browse all famous poems > by ben jonson. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy. Jonson's most famous lyric poem, song to celia, is better known as the popular english song drink to me only with thine eyes.