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Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. II. The Seventeenth Century: Ben Jonson to Dryden

Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

Epigrams: On Court-Worm

ALL men are worms, but this no man. In silk

’Twas brought to court first wrapt, and white as milk;

Where, afterwards, it grew a butterfly,

Which was a caterpillar. So ’twill die.