The Hourglass

Portrait of Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson 1572–1637

Do but consider this small dust Here running in the glass, By atoms moved; Could you believe that this The body was Of one that loved? And in his mistress' flame, playing like a fly, Turned to cinders by her eye? Yes; and in death, as life, unblessed, To have't expressed, Even ashes of lovers find no rest.

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