Social Commentaries
Against Lesbia, both for her patience and impatience
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1
Social Commentaries
LEsbia, I heard, how ere it came to passe,
That when old Pleus call'd thy Lord an Asse,
You did but smile; but when he cald him Oxe,
Straight-waies you curst him with all plagues & pox.
There is some secret cause why you allow
A man to scorne his braine, but not his brow.
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Codex Note
Book 1, Epigram 3
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Harington, John. “Against Lesbia, both for her patience and impatience.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/3/.
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Harington, John. “Against Lesbia, both for her patience and impatience.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/3/.
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