Social Commentaries
To a Rogue
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Thy beard and head are of a different dye:
Short of one foot, distorted in an eye:
With all these tokens of a knave complete,
Should'st thou be honest, thou 'rt a dev'lish cheat.
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MLA
Addison, Joseph. “To a Rogue.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/addison/21/.
Chicago
Addison, Joseph. “To a Rogue.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/addison/21/.
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