Social Commentaries
Lines Sent with Two Cockscombs to Miss Green
From Poems
Social Commentaries
Two powder'd coxcombs wait at your command,
And, what is strange, both dress'd by Nature's hand.
Like other fops, they dread a sudden shower,
And seek a shelter in your closest bower.
Showy like them, like them they yield no fruit,
But then, to make amends, they both are mute.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cowper, William. “Lines Sent with Two Cockscombs to Miss Green.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/253/.
Chicago
Cowper, William. “Lines Sent with Two Cockscombs to Miss Green.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/253/.
Read this poem with the Codex →