Social Commentaries

Epigram 35. To Iustice Would be

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Social Commentaries

That you are vext their Wakes your neighbours keep,
They guess it is, because you want your sleep:
I therefore wish that you your sleep would take,
That they (without offence) might keep their Wake.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 35. To Iustice Would be.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/202/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 35. To Iustice Would be.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/202/.

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