Social Commentaries
In Momum
From Natures Embassie (1621)
Social Commentaries
Quid carpendo premis tua viscera ferrea Mome?
Momus, Mimus eris dum mea scripta premis.
Haud curo inuidiam, mea spes tenuissima tuta est,
Nam tuta est tenuis vena, sed alta minus.
Anguis es, & viridi latitans sub fronde, venenum
Eijcis, exiguo tempore inermis eris.
Non sum cui fortuna nocet, vel fata iuuabunt,
Fata canunt magnis, non cecinere meis.
Non cecinere meis, licet ista poemata magnis
(Si mihi vota fauent) sint relegenda locis.
Cite this poem
MLA
Brathwaite, Richard. “In Momum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/108/.
Chicago
Brathwaite, Richard. “In Momum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/108/.
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