The deepest, plainest, highest, clearest Pen:

The Voyce most eccho'd by consenting men;

The Soul which answer'd best to all well said

By others; and which most requital made:

Tun'd to the highest Key of ancient Rome;

Returning all her Musick with her own;

In whom with Nature, Study claim'd a part,

And yet who to himself ow'd all his Art;

Here lies Ben Johnson, every Age will look

With sorrow here, with Wonder on his Book.