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THE PHOENIX ANALYSED by BEN JONSON

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First Line: NOW, AFTER ALL, LET NO MAN
Last Line: BUT A BARE TYPE AND FIGURE.
Subject(s): PHOENIX (MYTHICAL BIRD);
Now, after all, let no man
Receive it for a fable,
If a bird so amiable,
Do turn into a woman.

Or (by our turtle's augur)
That Nature's fairest creature,
Prove of his mistress' feature,
But a bare type and figure.



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