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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: ON BANK THE USURER, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Bank feels no lameness of his knotty gout
Last Line: He toils to be at hell, as soon as they.
Subject(s): Usury
First Line: Bank feels no lameness of his knotty gout
Last Line: He toils to be at hell, as soon as they.
Subject(s): Usury
Bank feels no lameness of his knotty gout,
His monies travel for him, in and out:
And though the soundest legs go every day,
He toils to be at hell, as soon as they.
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