Ben Jonson's On My First Son

His sin is too much hope. In the case of a living father-son relationship this sin may be absolved by making friendly suggestions rather than demands. Sin is void when you go at a problem with a different methodology. It's in the way you do things i.e. an adverb. He also says one should not lament x when one envies x but those two definitely come together with an acceptance of fate. For example, one begins to secretly desire death (or, rather, its simulation) when one accepts death. It gives one a better sense of understanding. This theory is furthur supported when he claims this poem as his best. From tragedy to triumph. He even goes as far as to say "Here doth lie...his best piece of poetry." The analogy of the poem as dead is obvious. And to lament is a lacking of what one desires.