b. 1572d. 1637
Benjamin Jonson

English Renaissance writer Ben Jonson is a favorite among American song composers. His texts have been set by Dominick Argento, Miriam Gideon, Daron Aric Hagen, Ned Rorem, and several others.
Photo: Ben Jonson, 1617, Public Domain

Related Information
Poetry Foundation
poetryfoundation.org/poets/ben-jonsonPoets.org
poets.org/poetsorg/poet/ben-jonsonProject Gutenberg
gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/1269Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com/biography/Ben-Jonson-English-writerSheet Music
Echo’s Songs
Daron Aric Hagen
1. Never Pain to Tell Thy Love
2. I Am Not Yours
3. A Dream Within a Dream
4. Echo's Song
5. I Am Rose
6. Lost
7. Why Did You Go
8. Since You Went Away
9. Thou Wouldst Be Loved
10. Look Down, Fair Moon
11. The Mild Mother
2. I Am Not Yours
3. A Dream Within a Dream
4. Echo's Song
5. I Am Rose
6. Lost
7. Why Did You Go
8. Since You Went Away
9. Thou Wouldst Be Loved
10. Look Down, Fair Moon
11. The Mild Mother
