...Fair and learn'd, good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. BEN JONSON From Poems, 1633 — 1669 The Good-Morrow I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we...

...studied art. What we miss is the earthly passion, the note of reality, struck in such lines as : ' I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did till we lov'd ? ' ' When I died last, and, dear, I die, As often as from thee I go '. Donne's extraordinary range...

...Elegies and Satires. Here and there are lines and phrases that are unforgetable, such as the beginning of The Good-morrow : I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov'd ? 2 or the description of the opened grave and the skeleton that is found with A bracelet of bright...

...Satires. Here and there are lines and phrases that are unforgetable, such as the beginning of T he ^Good-morrow : I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov'dfa or the description of the opened grave and the skeleton that is found with A bracelet of bright...

...fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white, O so soft, O so sweet is she ! Ben Jon son. THE GOOD-MORROW I WONDER, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved ? were we not wean'd till then ? But suck'd on country pleasures, childishly ? Or snorted we...

...; Nothing else is; or shatters at a stroke the whole delicate fabric of amatory compliment with his I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we loved. , ) Jonson's simplicity is of a different order and of a different \ origin. It owes little...

...characteristic. Donne's first lines are a challenge, a sudden call to attention. How beautiful some are ! I wonder by my troth what thou and I Did till we loved ? or, What if this present were the world's last night ? I have left to the last — or it might...

...could be found. The following virile outburst shows him exulting in his new emotions. THE GOOD-MORROW 1 wonder by my troth, what thou, and I Did, till we lov'd ? were we not wean'd till then? But suck'd on countrey pleasures, childishly? Or snorted we in the seaven sleepers den ? T'was so ; But this,...

...the restricted modulations of the madrigal makers, for instance the opening lines of his Good Morrow: I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd? At the beginning of Canonisation this abruptness is mingled with a piquant discourtesy: For God's sake...

...restricted modulations of the madrigal makers, for instance the opening lines of his Good Morrow : I wonder, by my troth, what thou and I Did, till we lov'd ? At the beginning of Canonisation this abruptness is mingled with a piquant discourtesy: For God's...