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TO THE GHOST OF MARTIAL by BEN JONSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: MARTIAL, THOU GAV'ST FAR NOBLER EPIGRAMS
Last Line: THOU FLATTERED'ST THINE, MINE CANNOT FLATTERED BE.
Subject(s): MARTIAL (40-104);
Martial, thou gav'st far nobler epigrams
To thy Domitian, than I can my James:
But in my royal subject I pass thee,
Thou flattered'st thine, mine cannot flattered be.



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