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Epig — Translated out of Hieron; Amaltheus (Acon his right, Leonilla her left Eye)
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Social Commentaries
Acon his right, Leonilla her left Eye
Doth want; yet each in Form the Gods outvie.
Sweet Boy, with thine thy Sisters light improve;
So shall she Venus be, and thou blind Love.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig — Translated out of Hieron; Amaltheus (Acon his right, Leonilla her left Eye).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/191/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig — Translated out of Hieron; Amaltheus (Acon his right, Leonilla her left Eye).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/191/.
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