Love
Epigram 121. To Clarinda
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Love
That Lent is sweet, devout Clarinda sayes,
And why? she feeds on sweet-meats most those days.
But pardon me that thus traduce your merit;
You keep the flesh low to advance the Spirit.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 121. To Clarinda.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/166/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 121. To Clarinda.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/166/.
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