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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: ON CHUFF, BANK'S THE USURER'S KINSMAN, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Chuff, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods
Last Line: When he made him executor, might be heir.
Variant Title(s): On Chuff, Banks The Usurer's Kinsman
First Line: Chuff, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods
Last Line: When he made him executor, might be heir.
Variant Title(s): On Chuff, Banks The Usurer's Kinsman
Chuff, lately rich in name, in chattels, goods,
And rich in issue to inherit all,
Ere blacks were bought for his own funeral,
Saw all his race approach the blacker floods:
He meant they thither should make swift repair,
When he made him executor, might be heir.
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