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Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme.
Still may syllables jar with time, Still may reason war with rhyme.
Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
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- Ben Jonson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1605 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1573–1637)
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- Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations (1901) (1901 AD)
Quote1508 · printed citation: BEN JONSON: Fit of Rhyme against Rhyme.
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