Arts & Sciences
Epigram 40. Of Ovids Banishment
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Arts & Sciences
The secret cause of Ovids sad mischance
Was seeing or being seen in dalliance.
They that dare act that vice should choose their time,
And not add scandal also to the crime.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 40. Of Ovids Banishment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/83/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 40. Of Ovids Banishment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/83/.
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