Social Commentaries

Of Galla, and her Tawny fanne

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

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

Social Commentaries

WHen Galla and my selfe doe talke together,
Her face she shroudes with fanne of tawny Fether,
And while my thought somewhat thereof deuiseth,
A double doubt within my minde ariseth:
As first, her skin or fanne which looketh brighter,
And second whether those her looks be lighter,
Thē that same Plume wherwith her looks were hidden,
But if I cleer'd these doubts, I should be chidden.

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Book 1, Epigram 70

MLA

Harington, John. “Of Galla, and her Tawny fanne.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/48/.

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Harington, John. “Of Galla, and her Tawny fanne.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/48/.

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