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Emblemes (1635) and Hieroglyphikes (1638)

[in the critical edition by John Horden]

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EPIGRAM 8.

[Peace, childish Cupid, peace: Thy finger'd eye]

Peace, childish Cupid, peace: Thy finger'd eye
But cries for what, in time, will make thee cry:
But are peevish wranglings thus appeas'd?
Well mayst thou cry, that art so poorely pleas'd