Social Commentaries
Writ in Calista's Prayer-Book. An Epigram of Monsieur de Malherbe
From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Social Commentaries
Whilst you are deaf to love, you may,
Fairest Calista, weep and pray,
And yet, alas! no mercy find;
Not but God's mercifull, 'tis true,
But can you think he'll grant to you
What you deny to all Mankind?
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MLA
Cotton, Charles. “Writ in Calista's Prayer-Book. An Epigram of Monsieur de Malherbe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/17/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Writ in Calista's Prayer-Book. An Epigram of Monsieur de Malherbe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/17/.
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