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ON PLAYWRIGHT (1) by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: PLAYWRIGHT, CONVICT OF PUBLIC WRONGS TO MEN
Last Line: ACTIVE IN 'S BRAIN, AND PASSIVE IN HIS BONES.
Subject(s): PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS ; DRAMATISTS;
Playwright convict of public wrongs to men,
Takes private beatings and begins again.
Two kinds of valor he doth show at once:
Active in 's brain, and passive in his bones.


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