Relationships

Epigram 64. To Mrs. Elizabeth Nevil, my wives youngest sister

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Relationships

If you at Westow-Lodge do live I there
Do often wish my self to be so near
My mother Cambridge: If at Holt you live
In Leicestershire, I there my self would give
The Pleasures of that gallant Seat, whose sight
Affords fine Prospects various in delight.
Or if you live at Cressing Temple, then
Thither my wish transporteth me age;
Colchester Oysters and Sea-fish invite
Thither ofttimes my longing appetite.
But pardon me these vanities: above
All these, I your sweet conversation love,
And your good husbands noble Company:
Those things I talk'd of, but would these enjoy.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 64. To Mrs. Elizabeth Nevil, my wives youngest sister.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/231/.

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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 64. To Mrs. Elizabeth Nevil, my wives youngest sister.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/231/.

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