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EPIGRAM: TO SIR COD by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: LEAVE, COD, TOBACCO-LIKE, BURNT GUMS TO TAKE
Last Line: ARSENIC WOULD THEE FIT FOR SOCIETY MAKE.

Leave Cod, tobacco-like, burnt gums to take,
Or fumy clysters, thy moist lungs to bake:
Arsenic would thee fit for society make.



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