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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EQUIVOCAL, by BEN JOHNSON (B. 187?)
First Line: On the wealthy larica's worn features I wrote
Last Line: "for I called them ""some lines on her face."
Subject(s): Faces
First Line: On the wealthy larica's worn features I wrote
Last Line: "for I called them ""some lines on her face."
Subject(s): Faces
ON the wealthy Larica's worn features I wrote
In rhyme some extravagant praise.
The verses were spurned (and I'm in the same boat),
For I called them "Some Lines on Her Face."
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