Social Commentaries

Epigram 84. To Isabel Manifold of the Black Swan in Ashb

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Social Commentaries

Heark Isbel Parker! Isbel Hood! But hold,
These names might serve were hers not Manifol
Pray answer, were your husband in the grave,
Soon after would not you another have?
If other women divers men should use,
They would disgrace their names for such abuse:
But (without blushes) you may hear it told,
That you (of Men) have lain with Manifold.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 84. To Isabel Manifold of the Black Swan in Ashb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/250/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 84. To Isabel Manifold of the Black Swan in Ashb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/250/.

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