For 10 points, name this British poet and playwright of Volpone and The Alchemist.
The speaker of a poem by this man describes a rose that "grows and smells" "not of itself" but of his lover, whose kiss he considers a fine substitute for wine. Another poem by this man mourns a child "lent to [him]" for "seven years" whom he regards as "his best piece of poetry," and is entitled "On My First Son." At the end of one of this author's plays, a villainous servant is forced to become a galley slave, and the forced retirement of an old gentleman results in property inheritance for Bonario, the son of Corbaccio. This author of "Song to Celia" and creator of Mosca also wrote a play in Epicure Mammon is convinced that Jeremy and Subtle have the philosopher's stone. For 10 points, name this British poet and playwright of Volpone and The Alchemist.
The speaker of a poem by this man describes a rose that "grows and smells" "not of itself" but of his lover, whose kiss he considers a fine substitute for wine.
Ben Jonson