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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: TO SIR LUCKLESS WOO-ALL, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Is this the sir, who, some waste wife to win
Last Line: Yes, now he wears his knighthood every day.
Variant Title(s): To Sir Luckless Woo-all
First Line: Is this the sir, who, some waste wife to win
Last Line: Yes, now he wears his knighthood every day.
Variant Title(s): To Sir Luckless Woo-all
Is this the sir, who, some waste wife to win,
A knighthood bought, to go a-wooing in?
'Tis Luckless, he that took up one on band
To pay at's day of marriage. By my hand
The knight-wright's cheated then: he'll never pay.
Yes, now he wears his knighthood every day.
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