Social Commentaries
On cashiered Captain Surly
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Surly's old whore in her new silks doth swim:
He cast, yet keeps her well! No; she keeps him.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 82.
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MLA
Jonson, Ben. “On cashiered Captain Surly.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/123/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “On cashiered Captain Surly.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/123/.
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