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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: TO PLAYWRIGHT, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Playwright me reads, and still my verses damns
Last Line: In my chaste book: profess them in thine own.
Variant Title(s): To Playwright
First Line: Playwright me reads, and still my verses damns
Last Line: In my chaste book: profess them in thine own.
Variant Title(s): To Playwright
Playwright me reads, and still my verses damns,
He says, I want the tongue of epigrams;
I have no salt: no bawdry he doth mean.
For witty, in his language, is obscene.
Playwright, I loathe to have thy manners known
In my chaste book: profess them in thine own.
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