Ben Jonson


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XXX. — TO PERSON GUILTY.  

GUILTY, be wise ; and though thou know'st the crimes
Be thine, I tax, yet do not own my rhymes ;
'Twere madness in thee, to betray thy fame,
And person to the world; ere I thy name.


 
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 787.
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