Social Commentaries
Epigram 21 (Cinna tolde a long tale to no effect,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6
Social Commentaries
Cinna tolde a long tale to no effect,
Ile say so much quoth Scilla in a worde.
That happy worde we longing did expect.
And forth it came as leasure could afford,
Which when we heard much like the cuckoes song
The tale was short, and Scillas worde was long.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 21 (Cinna tolde a long tale to no effect,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/221/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 21 (Cinna tolde a long tale to no effect,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/221/.
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