Arts & Sciences
Epigram 97. Of the Gratuity given the Poet
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Arts & Sciences
The noble Senate for the fair renown
(From his immortal pen) fix'd on their town,
Crown'd (with six thousand crowns) the Poets wit;
'Would I had half so for translating it.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 97. Of the Gratuity given the Poet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/142/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 97. Of the Gratuity given the Poet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/142/.
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