Death & Dying

Epigram 25. An Epitaph on a great Wencher

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Death & Dying

Here lies a great Wencher, and dead I dare swear,
For were he alive an whore would be here.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 25. An Epitaph on a great Wencher.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/68/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 25. An Epitaph on a great Wencher.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/68/.

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