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Poems on several occasions
By John Bennet
Bennet, John (fl. 1599-1614)
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Poems on several occasions
On seeing some
Young Ladies
sitting in a Room hung with Cobwebs.
When
belles so bright,
Shine with such light,
And cobwebs in the room;
It makes folk think
There must be chink ,
Because no use of broom.
Alluding to a vulgar proverb, “Where there's muck there's money.”
Poems on several occasions