Social Commentaries

Of Cinna his Gossip cup

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 2

Social Commentaries

WHen I with thee, Cinna, doe dine or sup,
Thou still do'st offer me thy Gossips cup:
And though it sauour well, and be well spiced,
Yet I to taste therof am not enticed.
Now sith you needs will haue me cause alledge,
While I straine curt'sie in that cup to pledge:
One said, thou mad'st that cup so hote of spice,
That it had made thee now a widdower twice.
I will not say 'tis so, nor that I thinke it:
But good Sir, pardon me, I cannot drinke it.

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Book 2, Epigram 5

MLA

Harington, John. “Of Cinna his Gossip cup.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/71/.

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Harington, John. “Of Cinna his Gossip cup.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/71/.

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