1651
ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830: SPENSER AND THE TRADITION
Ben Jonson
Samuel Sheppard
, "The Poets Invitation to Ben Johnsons Ghost to appeare again" Epigrams (1651) 88-89.
Commentary for
Ben Jonson:
1598: Rev. Francis Meres
1603: Hugh Holland
1605: Hugh Holland
1605: George Chapman
1606: Anonymous
1607: Francis Beaumont
1607: George Chapman
1611 ca.: John Davies of Hereford
1611: Francis Beaumont
1611: John Fletcher
1611: Nathaniel Field
1612: John Taylor the Water Poet
1616: William Browne of Tavistock
1616: Edward Heyward
1617: Anonymous
1618 ca.: Edmund Bolton
1619: William Drummond
1620: Henry Peacham
1627: Michael Drayton
1632 ca.: Thomas Randolph
1637: Henry King
1637: Rev. William Cartwright
1637: John Suckling
1638: Lucius Cary
1638: Thomas May
1638: Edmund Waller
1638: Joseph Rutter
1638: Shakerley Marmion
1638: Owen Feltham
1638: William Habington
1639: Thomas Bancroft
1640: Anonymous
1640: Anonymous
1640: Anonymous
1646: Samuel Sheppard
1648: Rev. Robert Herrick
1651: Samuel Sheppard
1658: Anonymous
1659: Anonymous
1659: Anonymous
1659: Anonymous
1663: Anonymous
1663: Anonymous
1670 ca.: Lord Clarendon
1675: Edward Phillips
1678: John Oldham
1682: Thomas Shadwell
1683: John Dryden
1687: William Winstanley
1689: Edward Howard
1699: Charles Gildon
1700: Samuel Cobb
1711: Elijah Fenton
1720: Giles Jacob
1726: Anonymous
1726: Anonymous
1738: Anonymous
1738: Anonymous
1749: Anonymous
1750 ca.: William Oldys
1761: Rev. Charles Churchill
1771: Anonymous
1779: J. H.
1784: Rev. Joseph Warton
1793: Isaac D'Israeli
1795: Dr. Robert Anderson
1797: Rev. Joseph Warton
1799: William Seward
1800: Dr. Nathan Drake
1805: Rev. Henry John Todd
1805: Anonymous
1817: John Hamilton Reynolds
1819: Thomas Campbell
1820: William Hazlitt
1820: Anonymous
1823: J. C. B.
1824: Bryan Waller Procter
1830: Anonymous
1834: Robert Aris Willmott
1835: L. L.
1836: Richard Cattermole
1837: Henry Hallam
1842: C. H. Timperley
1844: Leigh Hunt
1847: Edward Farr
1852: Mary Russell Mitford
1860: George Gilfillan
1880: A. W. Ward
Commentary by
Samuel Sheppard:
1645: John Taylor the Water Poet
1646: William Browne of Tavistock
1646: Samuel Daniel
1646: Michael Drayton
1646: Thomas Heywood
1646: Ben Jonson
1646: Thomas May
1646: Martin Parker
1646: Francis Quarles
1646: George Wither
1649: George Wither
1651: Francis Beaumont
1651: George Chapman
1651: Sir William Davenant
1651: Sir John Harington
1651: Ben Jonson
1651: Francis Quarles
1651: Sir Walter Raleigh
1651: Sir Philip Sidney
1651: Joshua Sylvester
1651: John Taylor the Water Poet
Reverend shade,
Since last I made
Survey of thee,
Mee thinks I find
A fresher mind
To Poesie.
Most honoured Ben
Appeare agen,
That so I may,
Embrace thy Ghost,
Although it cost
My lifes decay.
Sacred Spirit
Whose boundlesse merit
I Adore,
Upon thy Herse
I'le drop a Verse
And no more.
Thy Lawrell wreath
Doth lie beneath
Great Phoebus feet,
Hee asks of thee
Which way to be
A God more great.
Thou Ben shalt be
A Saint to me
Each Verse I make,
I'le censure it
By thy great Wit,
If it partake
The least of thine,
I will Divine
It shall subsist,
Alas if not
The same I'le blot,
'Twil not be mist.