Social Commentaries

Of two that were married and vndone

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 4

Social Commentaries

A Fond yong couple, making haste to marry,
Without their parents will, or friends consent,
After one month their marriage did repent,
And su'd vnto the Bishops Ordinary,
That this their act so vndiscreetly done,
Might by his more discretion be vndone.
Vpon which motion he awhile did pause:
At length, he for their comforts to them said,
It had beene better (friends) that you had staid:
But now you are so hampered in the Lawes,
That I this knot may not vntye (my sonne)
Yet I will grant you both shall be vndone.

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Book 4, Epigram 90

MLA

Harington, John. “Of two that were married and vndone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/256/.

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Harington, John. “Of two that were married and vndone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/256/.

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