Social Commentaries
Epigram 104. Of Cornelius Gallus
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
A Poet and a Traytour is such news,
Mercuries and Diurnals do not use.
Gallus a Traitour; Gallows a Reward:
But sure Augustus did not prove so hard.
He put him to a nobler death we hope;
Poets should live by linesn, ot dye by'th rope.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 104. Of Cornelius Gallus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/272/.
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