Social Commentaries
To Sir Cod
From Epigrams (1616)
Social Commentaries
Leave, Cod, tobacco-like, burnt gums to take,
Or fumy clysters, thy moist lungs to bake:
Arsenic would thee fit for society make.
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Codex Note
Epigrams, no. 50.
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MLA
Jonson, Ben. “To Sir Cod.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/94/.
Chicago
Jonson, Ben. “To Sir Cod.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jonson/94/.
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