Arts & Sciences
On Playwright
From Epigrams (1616)
Arts & Sciences
Playwright, convict of public wrongs to men,
Takes private beatings, and begins again.
Two kinds of valour he doth shew at once;
Active in's brain, and passive in his bones.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 68.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Playwright.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/111/.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Playwright.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/111/.
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