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IN CINEAM. XIX. - Christopher Marlowe, The Works of Christopher Marlowe, vol. 3 (Poems) [1598]

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The Works of Christopher Marlowe, ed. A.H. Bullen (London: John C. Nimmo, 1885). Vol. 3.

Part of: The Works of Christopher Marlowe, 3 vols.

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IN CINEAM. XIX.

  • Thou, doggéd Cineas, hated like a dog,
  • For still thou grumblest like a masty1 dog,
  • Compar'st thyself to nothing but a dog;
  • Thou say'st thou art as weary as a dog,
  • As angry, sick, and hungry as a dog,
  • As dull and melancholy as a dog,
  • As lazy, sleepy, idle2 as a dog.
  • But why dost thou compare thee to a dog
  • In that for which all men despise a dog?
  • I will compare thee better to a dog;

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  • Thou art as fair and comely as a dog,
  • Thou art as true and honest as a dog,
  • Thou art as kind and liberal as a dog,
  • Thou art as wise and valiant as a dog.
  • But, Cineas, I have often3 heard thee tell,
  • Thou art as like thy father as may be:
  • 'Tis like enough; and, faith, I like it well;
  • But I am glad thou art not like to me.

[1]Mastiff.

[2]So Isham copy and MS.—Eds. A, B, C “and as idle.”

[3]So MS.—Isham copy and ed. A “oft.”