Money's a whore a bawd a drudge
- DMI number:
- 17333
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Money's a whore a bawd a drudge
- Last Line:
- Sir and make grass grow out of marrow bones
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Blank verse, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Verse-drama
- Themes:
- Anger and Money / wealth
- Author:
- Benjamin Jonson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from Devil is an ass Act 2 Scene 1. Bevington (2012) IV.
- Title:
- [vol. 3] The British muse, or, a collection of thoughts moral, natural, and sublime, of our English poets: who flourished in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries [vol III] [ECCO] [T131617]
- Page No(s):
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Ibid [i.e. 'Johnson's Devil is an Ass']
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
Poem Aliases
Jonson. Devil is an ass.
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