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Test: SAT II Literature
1 Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy;
2 My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy.
3 Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay,
4 Exacted by thy fate, on the just day.
5 Oh, could I lose all father now! For why
6 Will man lament the state he should envy?
7 To have so soon 'scaped world's and flesh's rage,
8 And if no other misery, yet age!
9 Rest in soft peace, and, asked, say, "Here doth lie
10 Ben Jonson his best piece of poetry,
11 For whose sake, henceforth, all his vows be such
12 As what he loves may never like too much."
| 1. | In which of the following lines might it be said that the speaker speaks favorably about his son's death? |
My sin was too much hope of thee, loved boy. (Line 2)
As what he loves may never like too much." (Line 12)
Will man lament the state he should envy? (Line 6)
Farewell, thou child of my right hand, and joy; (Line 1)
Seven years thou wert lent to me, and I thee pay, (Line 3)
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