Love
In Coccam — Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Cocca thou'dst still be lov'd; nor wilt abate)
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Cocca thou'dst still be lov'd; nor wilt abate
Our Primitive ardour, but with Discontent
Altho' thou knowst thy Youth bears the same date
With that alas! of the Old Testament.
Thine Eyes no more are Homicides,
And thy warpt front its furrows hides
Under the Paint-house of a Hood.
Now ply thy Beads; thy Name's renouned,
Thou the first Baudy-house hast founded,
Has been erected since the Flood.
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MLA
Cotton, Charles. “In Coccam — Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Cocca thou'dst still be lov'd; nor wilt abate).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/256/.
Chicago
Cotton, Charles. “In Coccam — Epig. de Monsieur Maynard (Cocca thou'dst still be lov'd; nor wilt abate).” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/256/.
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