Social Commentaries
On Gut
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Gut eats all day and letchers all the night,
So all his meat he tasteth over twice;
And striving so to double his delight,
He makes himself a thorough-fare of vice.
Thus, in his belly, can he change a sin,
Lust it comes out, that gluttony went in.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 118.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Gut.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/158/.
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Jonson, Ben. “On Gut.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/158/.
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