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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: TO ONE THAT DESIRED ME NOT TO NAME HIM, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Be safe, nor fear thyself so good a fame
Last Line: I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe.
First Line: Be safe, nor fear thyself so good a fame
Last Line: I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe.
Be safe, nor fear thyself so good a fame,
That, any way, my book should speak thy name:
For, if thou shame, ranked with my friends, to go,
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe.
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