Social Commentaries

Epigram 3 (Cophus is a fine dancer and a trimme.)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7

Social Commentaries

Cophus is a fine dancer and a trimme.
A nimbler head to dance you haue not seene.
Dance you he danceth, cease yet danceth he.
Praise or dispraise him, yet about will he.
When you are weary he will hold it out.
When he is weary, he will skippe about.
All that behold are weary, and are gone.
Yet Cophus danceth being left alone.
At last Cophus himsefe departes, but so.
Me thinkes Cophus doth dance when he doth go.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 3 (Cophus is a fine dancer and a trimme.).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/246/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 3 (Cophus is a fine dancer and a trimme.).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/246/.

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