Ben Jonson


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XX. — TO THE SAME.  

[SIR COD THE PERFUMED.]

The expense in odors, is a most vain sin,
Except thou could'st, sir Cod, wear them within.


 
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 786.
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