Social Commentaries
To Sir Annual Filter
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Social Commentaries
Filter, the most may admire thee, though not I;
And thou, right guiltless, may'st plead to it, why?
For thy late sharp device. I say 'tis fit
All brains, at times of triumph, should run wit;
For then our water-conduits do run wine;
But that's put in, thou'lt say.
Why, so is thine.
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Jonson, Ben. “To Sir Annual Filter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/28/.
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Jonson, Ben. “To Sir Annual Filter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/28/.
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