Arts & Sciences

Epigram 54. To Mr. Francis Lenton, refusing wine

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Arts & Sciences

Dost thou endeavour (Franke) to leave thy drink
That made thee such high raptures write & think?
Or art a weary of the Muses? for
What els could make thee Phoebus Sack abhor?
It is our grief, our mourning, and thy shame,
That the Queenes Poet, and a man of name,
Should drive Apollo from his breast with a
Fine glass of six shillings, or a dish of Whey.
Redress our sorrows, and return again
To wine, and make thy head like Charles his wain.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 54. To Mr. Francis Lenton, refusing wine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/97/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 54. To Mr. Francis Lenton, refusing wine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/97/.

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