Arts & Sciences
Epigram 122. To my Book
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Arts & Sciences
Go trivial Book, and when thou art abroad
Be humble where thou find'st a kind abode.
If at thy errours any smile, give way,
It is not handsome in thee to gainsay.
They gave some money for thee; and 'tis fit
That (for their money) they some laughter get.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 122. To my Book.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/167/.
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