Social Commentaries
Epig. writ in Calistas Prayer Book. By Monsieur Malherbe
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Social Commentaries
Whilst you are Deaf to Love, you my,
Fairest Calista, Weep, and Pray,
And yet alas! no Mercy find:
Not but God's Merciful 'tis true:
But can you think he'll grant to you,
What you deny to all Mankind.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. writ in Calistas Prayer Book. By Monsieur Malherbe.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/246/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. writ in Calistas Prayer Book. By Monsieur Malherbe.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/246/.
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