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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON UPSTART, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Upstart last term went up to town
Last Line: There's cause; than thine it has been longer worn.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress
First Line: Upstart last term went up to town
Last Line: There's cause; than thine it has been longer worn.
Subject(s): Clothing & Dress
UPSTART last term went up to town,
There purchas'd Arms and brought them down.
With Welborne's then he his compares,
And with a horrid loudness swears
That his are best; for look, quoth he,
How gloriously mine gilded be:
Thine's but a threadbare Coat, he cried,
Compar'd to this, who then replied:
If my Coat be threadbare, or rent, or torn,
There's cause; than thine it has been longer worn.
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