Social Commentaries

On the same

by Ben Jonson 1572-1637

From Epigrams (1616)

Social Commentaries

Than his chaste wife though Beast now know no more,
He adulters still: his thoughts lie with a whore.

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Epigrams, no. 26.

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Jonson, Ben. “On the same.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/74/.

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Jonson, Ben. “On the same.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/74/.

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