Social Commentaries
Epigram 9. Of Quintilla
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
Quintilla talkes too much, and why is it?
Because Quintilla hath but little wit:
And at each thing she speakes, she doth laugh after;
A Fool is known by an excess of laughter.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 9. Of Quintilla.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/302/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 9. Of Quintilla.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/302/.
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