Social Commentaries
In Zoilum
From Natures Embassie (1621)
Social Commentaries
Texit vt exiguam subtilis Aranea telam,
Zoile sic scriptis tela retorque meis.
Torque, retorque, manet mea laus, mea gloria maior,
Quo magis exhausta est gloria maior erit.
Ulciscar scriptis: tua mens tuus vltor adibit,
Inuidiae stimulis mens tua puncta tuis.
Pone miser miserae monumenta miserrima vitae,
Uixisti misero more, miser que mori.
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MLA
Brathwaite, Richard. “In Zoilum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/109/.
Chicago
Brathwaite, Richard. “In Zoilum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/109/.
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