Social Commentaries
Epigram 32. Of Katherine, a Kitchen-wench
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Social Commentaries
Katherine a Kitchen-wench merrily said
That lame men were the best to please a maid:
I ask'd her why? She wittily repli'd,
They that have Legs defective love to ride.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 32. Of Katherine, a Kitchen-wench.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/75/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 32. Of Katherine, a Kitchen-wench.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/75/.
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