Jonson

Famous quotes containing the word jonson:

    “Come, my Celia, let us prove
    While we may the sports of love;
    Time will not be ours forever,
    He at length our good will sever.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “Room, room, make room for the bouncing belly,
    First father of sauce, and deviser of jelly,”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

    “Not lived; for life doth her great actions spell,
    By what was done and wrought
    In season, and so brought
    To light: her measures are, how well
    Each syllab’e answered, and was formed how fair;
    These make the lines of life, and that’s her air.”
    —Ben Jonson (1572–1637)