Social Commentaries
Another of asking nothing
From The Most Elegant and Witty Epigrams (1618), Book 1
SOme thinke thee Lynus of a Fryer begotten,
For still you beg where nothing can be gotten;
Yet oft you say, for so you haue been taught,
ir, grant me this, tis but a thing of nought.
And when indeed you say so, I belieue it,
As nought, vnto a thing of nought I giue it.
Thus with your begging, you but get a mock,
And yet with begging little, mend your stock.
Leaue begging Lynus for such poore rewards,
Else some will begge thee in the Court of Wards.
Codex Note
Book 1, Epigram 10
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Harington, John. “Another of asking nothing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/8/.
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