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EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SPIES, YOU ARE LIGHTS IN STATE, BUT OF BASE STUFF
Last Line: STINK AND ARE THROWN AWAY. END FAIR ENOUGH.
Subject(s): SPIES;
Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you've burnt yourselves down to the snuff,
Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.


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