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ON SOME LINES OF LOPE DE VEGA by SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)

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First Line: IF THE MAN WHO TURNIPS CRIES
Last Line: HAVE A TURNIP THAN HIS FATHER.
Subject(s): FATHERS; VEGA CARPIO, LOPE FELIX DE (1562-1635);
IF the man who turnips cries,
Cry not when his father dies,
'Tis a proof that he had rather
Have a turnip than his father.



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