Contains poetry Ben Jonson one of the greatest English playwrights of the 17th century and also a lyric poet The poems included are quotEpigramsquot quotThe Forest and Underwoodsquot quotOn My First Sonquot quotSong to Celiaquot quotOn PoetApequot and quotAn Ode to Himselfquot They offer a celebration of both one mans life and of an age