Selected Poems of Ben Jonson Glossary

By Lina Christoph · Edited by Patrick Kennedy · Last reviewed February 12, 2018

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Written by Lina Christoph

a peer

an equal, a colleague

ardour

enthusiasm, passion, intensity

decay

destruction, decline

chariot

a ceremonial carriage, drawn by horses

enamour'd

charmed, in love with, fascinated

Hesperus

another name for the evening star (the planet Venus visible in the sky at night) in Ancient Greece

interpose

interfere, putting oneself in between

allay

to ease, to alleviate, to appease

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