Living

Epigrams on His Garden Shed

by William Cowper 1731–1800

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Living

Beware of building! I intended
Rough logs and thatch, and thus it ended.

Instead of a pound or two, spending a mint
Must serve me at least, I believe, with a hint,
That building and building a man may be driven
At last out of doors, and have no house to live in.

MLA

Cowper, William. “Epigrams on His Garden Shed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/283/.

Chicago

Cowper, William. “Epigrams on His Garden Shed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/283/.

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