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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff Last Line: Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough. Subject(s): Spies | |||
Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff, Who, when you've burnt yourselves down to the snuff, Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FOR EACH AGE, ITS AMULET by MARGE PIERCY ALONZO AND IMANEL by LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON CHILDHOOD OF A SPY by DICK DAVIS SPIES (SPIES? SPIES.) by ALBERT GOLDBARTH LIGHT READING by VASSAR MILLER A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON |
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