Ben. Johnson's poems, elegies, paradoxes, and sonnets

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Title
Ben. Johnson's poems, elegies, paradoxes, and sonnets
Author
King, Henry, 1592-1669.
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London :: Printed and sold by the booksellers,
1700.
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"Ben. Johnson's poems, elegies, paradoxes, and sonnets." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47404.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024.

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To a Friend upon Overbury's wife given to her.

I Know no fitter subject for your view Then this, a meditation ripe for you, As you for it. Which when you read you'l see What kind of wife your self will one day bee: Which happy day be neer you, and may this Remain with you as earnest of my wish;

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When you so far loe any, that you dare Venture your whole affection on his care, May he for whom you change your Virgin-life Prove good to you, and perfect as this Wife.
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