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He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said…
Quote byBen Jonson · 1572–1637
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden (1711).
English (original)
He cursed Petrarch for redacting verses to sonnets, which he said were like that tyrant's bed, where some who were too short were racked, others too long cut short.
— Ben Jonson
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