Social Commentaries
Epigram 94. Of Slander
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
To speak too well of thousands safer is
Then of one single Person once amiss;
Happy is he therefore whose wary tongue
Wisely refrains to do another wrong.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 94. Of Slander.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/138/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 94. Of Slander.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/138/.
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