Read the following lines from Jonson's "On My First Son" and interpret their meaning. Oh! could I lose all father, now! for why, Will man lament the state he should envy?

The poem was written by Ben Jonson in the 1600s and the poem speaks about his pain towards the death of his son. The first line stated is directly conveying the anguish that he feels towards the loss. It is an inexplicable pain a father feels deep down in his core to lose someone very dear to him. Among all the poems Jonson wrote, this is very different and more touching.