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On Playwright
On Playwright
BJ
Ben Jonson
04/28/2026 14:58h
Playwright, convict of public wrongs to men, Takes private beatings and begins again. Two kinds of valor he doth show at once: Active in ’s brain, and passive in his bones.
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