Relationships
Epigram 5. To my Cousin germane Mrs. Olive Cotton
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Relationships
Suspicion, Grief, Disdain: Fame, Beauty, Truth,
Wrongeth, consumes begets: keeps, wounds, indueth
Friendship, life, hatred: deeds, the mind, the best.
You want the first three, and enjoy the rest:
Suspicion hate, shun grief, abhor disdain,
Love fame, keep beauty, and in truth remain.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 5. To my Cousin germane Mrs. Olive Cotton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/48/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 5. To my Cousin germane Mrs. Olive Cotton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/48/.
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