Social Commentaries
Of Cinna [FIue yeeres hath Cinna studied Genesis]
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4
Social Commentaries
FIue yeeres hath Cinna studied Genesis,
And knowes not what in Principio is;
And greeu'd that he is graueld thus, he skips,
Ore all the Bible, to th' Apocalips.
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Codex Note
Book 4, Epigram 41
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Harington, John. “Of Cinna [FIue yeeres hath Cinna studied Genesis].” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/217/.
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Harington, John. “Of Cinna [FIue yeeres hath Cinna studied Genesis].” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/217/.
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