Love

Epigram 97. Of Cupid and Marriage

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Love

Cupid is careless and doth shoot at random,
Strikes a young man, and oftentimes a Grandam
Yet neither he Physician is, or Surgeon,
To cure the wounds his senseless Darts do urge on,
Either by any med'cines, or Incision:
The nuptial bed is Surgeon and Physician.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 97. Of Cupid and Marriage.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/265/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 97. Of Cupid and Marriage.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/265/.

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