Social Commentaries

Epigram 9: A couple

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)

Social Commentaries

One read my booke, and said it wanted wit,
I wonder if he meant himselfe, or it:
Or both: if both, two fooles were met I troe
That wanted wit, and euery foole doth soe.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 9: A couple.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/176/.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 9: A couple.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/176/.

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