Arts & Sciences

To Sir Aston Cockayne, on Captain Hanniball

by Charles Cotton 1630–1687

From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)

Arts & Sciences

Your Captain Hanniball does snort and puff,
Arm'd in his Brazen-face, and Greazy Buff
'Mongst Puncks, and Panders, and can rant, and roar
With Cacala the Turd, and his poor Whore.
But I would wish his Valour not mistake us,
All Captains are not like his Brother Dacus;
Advise him then be quiet; or I shall
Bring Captain Hough, to bait your Hannibal.

MLA

Cotton, Charles. “To Sir Aston Cockayne, on Captain Hanniball.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/178/.

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Cotton, Charles. “To Sir Aston Cockayne, on Captain Hanniball.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/178/.

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