Love
Another. To Mr. Denham
From Poems and Translations (1689)
Love
WHen the old Cynicks shade with Croesus met,
He smil'd to see the meager Monarch fret;
And thus accosted him—But why so pale?
What, doos the Yellow Jaundice still prevail?
No—Croesus! no—for all your earthly store,
You, call'd to an account, not I, am poor.
All that I had, here I have with me brought,
You've travell'd to another World with nothing fraught.
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Codex Note
Printed sub-heading: Diogenes in his Kingdom.
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Goodall, Charles. “Another. To Mr. Denham.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/58/.
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Goodall, Charles. “Another. To Mr. Denham.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/goodall/58/.
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