Man may escape from Rope and Gun; / Nay, some have out-liv’d the Doctor’s Pill; / Who takes a Woman must be undone, / That Basilisk is sure to kill. |
—The Beggar’s Opera, Act II |
John Gay |
John Gay
Title: John Gay
Author: Gay, John
Man may escape from Rope and Gun; / Nay, some have out-liv’d the Doctor’s Pill; / Who takes a Woman must be undone, / That Basilisk is sure to kill. |
—The Beggar’s Opera, Act II |
John Gay |
Title: John Gay
Author: Gay, John
The Beggar’s Opera. 1920.