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VOLPONE: SONG by BEN JONSON

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First Line: YOU THAT WOULD LAST LONG, LIST TO MY SONG
Last Line: HERE'S MEDICINE, FOR THE NONES.
You that would last long, list to my song,
Make no more coil, but buy of this oil.
Would you be ever fair and young?
Stout of teeth and strong of tongue?
Tart of palate, quick of ear?
Sharp of sight, of nostril clear?
Moist of hand and light of foot?
(Or, I will come nearer to it)
Would you live free from all diseases?
Do the act your mistress pleases;
Yet fright all aches from your bones?
Here's medicine, for the nones.



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