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Epigram 98. Of Women
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
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The tree a Grace to Eden did appear,
Yet was prohibited our Parents there:
So Women as earths glories we esteem,
And yet how mch are we forbidden them!
It pleases Heaven to keep us all in awe
(To try our duties) by a rigid Law.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 98. Of Women.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/143/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 98. Of Women.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/143/.
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