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To one that desired me not to name him
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Be safe, nor fear thyself so good a fame,
That, any way, my book should speak thy name:
For, if thou shame, rank'd with my friends, to go,
I'm more ashamed to have thee thought my foe.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 77.
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MLA
Jonson, Ben. “To one that desired me not to name him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/119/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “To one that desired me not to name him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/119/.
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