Social Commentaries
Englished (Epigram 1.96)
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
In Adriatick Waters Neptune saw
Venice, that layes on the whole Sea a Law:
Object Tarpejan Towers, Jove, whil'st thou wilt,
He said, and walls by thy Mars Off-spring built,
Prefer'st thou Tyber! view both towns, and th'ods,
And thou wilt yield men that made, this the Gods.
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Cokain, Aston. “Englished (Epigram 1.96).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/141/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Englished (Epigram 1.96).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/141/.
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