Social Commentaries
Epigram 48. Of Vesuvius
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
Ion the top have of Vesuvius been,
There laid me down upon my breast, and seen
Into the mighty Rupture, whence the smoke
Proceeds, that often seems the skies to choke:
Torre de Guego din'd at, which I found
(With that Hills scalding streams) much burnt and drown'd.
As with (their quarries) Hills build Cities, so
They (with their vomits) them may overthrow,
Cite this poem
MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 48. Of Vesuvius.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/215/.
Chicago
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 48. Of Vesuvius.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/215/.
Read this poem with the Codex →