Relationships

Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Relationships

Ilove, and so do you; but know you whom?
Faith that same party best that first doth come:
And my love is as constant as her stay;
Why should I love her when she goes away?
If you are of the same mind, we are then
Two constant Lovers though not constant men.
We both are still in love, but fix not; for
We the new Object evermore preferr:
And that affection surely is most wise
That comes not from the heart, but from the eyes.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/62/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 19. To my very good Friend and Cousin Mr. Roger King.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/62/.

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