The Shadow ~ Ben Jonson

The Shadow ~ Ben Jonson

The Shadow ~ Ben Jonson


FOLLOW a shadow,
 it still flies you; 

Seem to fly it,
 it will pursue: 

So court a mistress,
 she denies you; 
Let her alone, 
she will court you. 

Say, are not women truly, then, 
Styled but the shadows of us men? 

At morn and even,
 shades are longest; 
At noon they are or short or none:

So men at weakest,
 they are strongest, 
But grant us perfect, 
they're not known. 

Say, are not women truly, then, 
Styled but the shadows of us men?




The Shadow ~ Ben Jonson