History & Politics

Of Soothsaying, to the Queene of England

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

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

History & Politics

MIght Queenes shun future mischiefe by foretelling,
Thē among Soothsayers 'twere excellent dwelling:
ut if there be no means, such harms expelling,
The knowledge makes the grief, the more excelling.
Well, yet deare Liege, my soule this comfort doth,
That of these Soothsayers very few say sooth.

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Book 1, Epigram 80

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Harington, John. “Of Soothsaying, to the Queene of England.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/57/.

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Harington, John. “Of Soothsaying, to the Queene of England.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/57/.

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