Simplex Munditiis
Author: first_name: Ben
last_name: Jonson
Language: English
Year: 0

LibriVox volunteers bring you 20 recordings of Simplex Munditiis by Ben Jonson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 26, 2012.<br><br>Ben Jonson was an English poet and playwright. He had a huge influence on both the theatre of his day and that which came after.<br>Much of his poetry was inspired by the classical world of Ancient Greece and Rome. He also wrote a lot of satirical poetry on everyday topics, of which this poem is one such example. (Summary by Lucy Perry)