Social Commentaries

Epigram 23: A Compleat Gallant that hath gone as

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Sculler (1612)

Social Commentaries

A Compleat Gallant that hath gone as farre,
That with his hands from Skies hath pluckt a Starre:
And saw bright Phoebus when he did take Coach,
And Luna when her Throane she did approach:
And talkt with Iupiter and Mercury,
With Vulcan and the Queene of Letchery,
And saw the net the stumpfoot Blackesmith made,
Wherein fell Mars and Venus was betraid,
With thousand other sights he saw in Skies:
Who dares affirme it that this gallant lyes?
I counsell all that either hate or loue him,
Rather beleeue him then to goe disproue him.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 23: A Compleat Gallant that hath gone as.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/60/.

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Taylor, John. “Epigram 23: A Compleat Gallant that hath gone as.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/60/.

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