Bliss Carman, et al., eds. The World’s Best Poetry. 1904.
I. AdmirationA Vision of Beauty
Ben Jonson (1572–1637)I
So pure, so perfect, as the frame
Of all the universe were lame
To that one figure, could I draw,
Or give least line of it a law:
A skein of silk without a knot!
A fair march made without a halt!
A curious form without a fault!
A printed book without a blot!
All beauty!—and without a spot.