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EPIGRAM: TO SIR LUCKLESS WOO-ALL by BEN JONSON

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First Line: IS THIS THE SIR, WHO, SOME WASTE WIFE TO WIN
Last Line: YES, NOW HE WEARS HIS KNIGHTHOOD EVERY DAY.

Is this the sir, who, some waste wife to win,
A knighthood bought, to go a-wooing in?
'Tis Luckless, he that took up one on band
To pay at's day of marriage. By my hand
The knight-wright's cheated then: he'll never pay.
Yes, now he wears his knighthood every day.



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