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EPIGRAM: TO ONE THAT DESIRED ME NOT TO NAME HIM by BEN JONSON

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First Line: BE SAFE, NOR FEAR THYSELF SO GOOD A FAME
Last Line: I'M MORE ASHAMED TO HAVE THEE THOUGHT MY FOE.

Be safe, nor fear thyself so good a fame,
That, any way, my book should speak thy name:
For, if thou shame, ranked with my friends, to go,
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe.



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