Social Commentaries
Epig. de Monsieur Cotin
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Social Commentaries
After so many Works of various kinds
Dawen with so great pains has writ,
And all the recompence the Poet finds,
Is but the poor contempt of Wit;
If Dawen now forbear to write on still,
'Tis that he weary is of doing ill.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Monsieur Cotin.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/261/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Monsieur Cotin.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/261/.
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