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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPIGRAM: 59. ON SPIES, by BEN JONSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff
Last Line: Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.
Subject(s): Spies
First Line: Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff
Last Line: Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.
Subject(s): Spies
Spies, you are lights in state, but of base stuff,
Who, when you've burnt yourselves down to the snuff,
Stink and are thrown away. End fair enough.
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