Social Commentaries

Epigram 44. To Zoilus

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Social Commentaries

Zoilus reports never a line I write
Deserves t' appear before a wisemans sight:
Zoilus, at this I nothing do repine;
But say (thou being a Fool) th'are fit for thine.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 44. To Zoilus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/211/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 44. To Zoilus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/211/.

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