To Fool or Knave
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike:
One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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Poet Ben Jonson 1572–1637
POET’S REGION England
SCHOOL / PERIOD Renaissance
Biography
Ben Jonson’s “Song to Celia” is known to millions as “Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes.” Jonson was educated at the prestigious Westminster School in London. He took up acting, and by 1597 he was writing original plays. Jonson’s first widely acclaimed play, Every Man in His Humour, included William Shakespeare in its cast.
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