Natural Progress
In
all
faith,
we
did
our
part:
generated
punctually,
prepared
adequately,
ejected
promptly,
and
swam
in
the
approved
manner
in
the
appropriate
direction;
did
all
instinctive
things
well,
even
eagerly—
an
exemplary
start.
But
then
the
barrier:
unexpectedness
unexpectedly.
(They
did
not
tell
us
this).
To
go
back
impossible,
unnatural:
so
round;
many
times;
we
tired
ourselves.
Where
were
the
promised
homes,
embedded
in
the
soft
wall?
Or
the
anticipated
achievement
so
momentous,
fulfilling?
So
we
died:
what
else
was
there
to
do?
But
in
all
faith,
we
did
our
part!
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson (born June 11?, 1572, London, England—died August 6, 1637, London) English Stuart dramatist, lyric poet, and literary critic. He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I. Among his major plays are the comedies Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone (1605), Epicoene; or, The Silent Woman (1609), The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614). Ben Jonson died in Westminster on August 8, 1637. A tremendous crowd of mourners attended his burial at Westminster Abbey. He is regarded as one of the major dramatists and poets of the seventeenth century.