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In the hope to meet Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
Ben Jonson
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Ben Jonson
Age: 65 †
Born: 1572
Born: June 21
Died: 1637
Died: August 6
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City of Westminster
Benjamin Jonson
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And where she went, the flowers took thickest root, As she had sow'd them with her odorous foot.
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