Social Commentaries
On the New Hot-house
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Where lately harbour'd many a famous whore,
A purging bill, now fix'd upon the door,
Tells you it is a hot-house; so it may,
And still be a whore-house: they're synonyma.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 7.
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Jonson, Ben. “On the New Hot-house.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/59/.
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Jonson, Ben. “On the New Hot-house.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/59/.
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