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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
POETASTER: SONG (2), by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Blush, folly, blush: here's none that fears Last Line: And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet. | |||
Blush, folly, blush: here's none that fears The wagging of an ass's ears, Although a wolvish case he wears. Detraction is but baseness' varlet; And apes are apes, though clothed in scarlet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 4. HER TRIUMPH by BEN JONSON A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 5. HIS DISCOURSE WITH CUPID by BEN JONSON A FIT OF RHYME AGAINST RHYME [OR, RIME] by BEN JONSON A NYMPH'S PASSION by BEN JONSON A SONNET, TO THE NOBLE LADY, THE LADY MARY WROTH by BEN JONSON AN ODE TO HIMSELF by BEN JONSON ANSWER TO MASTER WITHER'S SONG, 'SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR?' by BEN JONSON EPICOENE; OR, THE SILENT WOMAN: FREEDOM IN DRESS by BEN JONSON EPIGRAM: 118. ON GUT by BEN JONSON |
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