Ben Jonson

Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone and The Alchemist which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

Works

• See Category:Ben Jonson for all poems in our database written by Ben Jonson.

Essays

• On Shakespeare
• On Bacon

Plays

• The Alchemist

Poetry

• Hymn on the Nativity
• Epitaph on Elizabeth L. H.
• Epode
• A Farewell to the World
• His Supposed Mistress
• Hymn to Diana
• On Lucy, Countess of Bedford
• The Noble Nature
• A Nymph’s Passion
• An Ode to Himself
• On a Robbery
• On Salathiel Pavy
• Simplex Munditiis (also known as Clerimont's Song)
• To Celia
• To Censorious Courtling
• To Doctor Empiric
• To Fine Lady Would-Be
• The Hourglass
• To the Memory of My Beloved the Author, Mr. William Shakespeare and What He Hath Left Us
• The Triumph
• That Women are but Men's Shadows