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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: TO SIR COD, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Leave, cod, tobacco-like, burnt gums to take
Last Line: Arsenic would thee fit for society make.
First Line: Leave, cod, tobacco-like, burnt gums to take
Last Line: Arsenic would thee fit for society make.
Leave Cod, tobacco-like, burnt gums to take,
Or fumy clysters, thy moist lungs to bake:
Arsenic would thee fit for society make.
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