Social Commentaries

Misacmos against his Booke

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

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

Social Commentaries

THe Writer and the matter well might meet,
Were he as eloquent, as it is sweet.

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Book 1, Epigram 50

MLA

Harington, John. “Misacmos against his Booke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/33/.

Chicago

Harington, John. “Misacmos against his Booke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/33/.

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