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Classic and Contemporary Poetry

MY OWN EPITAPH by JOHN GAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIFE IS A JEST, AND ALL THINGS SHOW IT
Last Line: I THOUGHT SO ONCE; BUT NOW I KNOW IT.
Subject(s): LABOR & LABORERS; LIFE; WORK; WORKERS;
Life is a jest; and all things show it.
I thought so once; but now I know it.


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