Social Commentaries

Of the corne that rained

by Sir John Harington 1560–1612

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

Social Commentaries

I Handled, tasted, saw it with mine eyes,
The graine that lately fell downe from the skies:
Yet what it tok'ned could I not deuise,
And many doubts did in my minde arise.
At last, I thus resolu'd, it signifies
That this is our sole meane, to mend this dearth,
To aske from heau'n, that we doe lacke on earth.

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Book 2, Epigram 18

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Harington, John. “Of the corne that rained.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/83/.

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Harington, John. “Of the corne that rained.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/harington/83/.

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