Social Commentaries

Against a foolish Satyrist called Lynus

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1

Social Commentaries

HElpe, friends, I feele my credit lyes a bleeding,
For Lynus, who to me beares hate exceeding,
I heare against me is eu'n now a breeding,
A bitter Satyr all of Gall proceeding:
Now sweet Apollos Iudge, to be his speeding,
For what he writes, I take no care nor heeding.
For none of worth wil think them worth the reeding.
So my friend Paulus censures them who sweares,
That Lynus verse fuits best with Mydas eares,

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Book 1, Epigram 14

MLA

Harington, John. “Against a foolish Satyrist called Lynus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/11/.

Chicago

Harington, John. “Against a foolish Satyrist called Lynus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/11/.

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