Social Commentaries

To his wiues Mother, reprouing her vnconstancie

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 3

Social Commentaries

LAst yeere while at your house I hapt to tarry,
Of all your goods, you tooke an Inuentory:
Your Tapistry, your linnen, bedding, plate,
Your sheepe, your horse, your cattle you did rate:
And yet one moueable you did forget,
More moueable then this, therein to set.
Your wauering minde, I meane, which is so moueable
That you for it, haue euer beene reproueable.

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Book 3, Epigram 34

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Harington, John. “To his wiues Mother, reprouing her vnconstancie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/169/.

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