Social Commentaries
On Spies
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you've burnt your selves down to the snuff,
Stink, and are thrown away. End fair enough.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 59.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Spies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/102/.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Spies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/102/.
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