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EPIGRAM: ON THE SAME (VOLUPTUOUS) BEAST by BEN JONSON

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First Line: THAN HIS CHASTE WIFE THOUGH BEAST NOW KNOW NO MORE
Last Line: HE ADULTERS STILL: HIS THOUGHTS LIE WITH A WHORE.

Than his chaste wife, though Beast now know no more,
He adulters still: his thoughts lie with a whore.



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