An ancient question with an obvious answer

Good for him; but I'll miss him.

Here's Ben Jonson's take on the same subject

On my first sonne

FAREWELL, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy.
Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
O, could I lose all father now! For why
Will man lament the state he should envy?
To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage,
And, if no other misery, yet age?
Rest in soft peace, and asked, say, "Here doth lie
Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry,
For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such
As what he loves may never like too much."

Ben Jonson

Posted By: Old Git on July 16th 2007 at 14:41:30

Message Thread

Dead City fan of the day (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 16, 14:23:35
- Why be unhappy ? (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 14:30:17
  - An ancient question with an obvious answer (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 16, 14:41:30
    - Good to see he's keeping the ol' grey matter active after the drugs-ban business. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 16, 14:46:09
      - Get your jokes shitface (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 14:48:02
        
        own (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 14:48:16
        
        Even Brom knew (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 16, 14:51:27
    - bet he was drugs when he wrote that (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 14:45:10
      - Beaten to the Johnson/Jonson gag by a drunken retard. (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 16, 14:49:01
        
        racist (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 14:51:30
        
        Fuck off, Guns 'n' Ammo. (n/m) (NCFC) - Arizona Bay, Jul 16, 14:52:43
        
        OK (n/m) (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 14:58:29

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