Social Commentaries
Epigram 119. Of Puritans
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
Against Saints Fasts the Puritans do bawl:
And why? To th' Flesh they are addicted all.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 119. Of Puritans.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/287/.
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