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POETASTER: SONG (2) by BEN JONSON

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First Line: BLUSH, FOLLY, BLUSH: HERE'S NONE THAT FEARS
Last Line: AND APES ARE APES, THOUGH CLOTHED IN SCARLET.
Blush, folly, blush: here's none that fears
The wagging of an ass's ears,
Although a wolvish case he wears.
Detraction is but baseness' varlet;
And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet.



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