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EPIGRAM: ON CASHIERED CAPTAIN SURLY by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: SURLY'S OLD WHORE IN HER NEW SILKS DOTH SWIM
Last Line: HE CAST, YET KEEPS HER WELL! NO, SHE KEEPS HIM.

Surly's old whore in her new silks doth swim:
He cast, yet keeps her well! No, she keeps him.



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