The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington ... digested into fovre bookes: three whereof neuer before published |
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32 Of one that had a blacke head, and a gray Beard.
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The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington | ||
32 Of one that had a blacke head, and a gray Beard.
Though many search, yet few the cause can findeWhy thy beard gray, thy head continues blacke
Some think that thou dost vse that new-found knack,
Excusable to such as haire doe lacke:
A quaint Gregorian to thy head to binde.
Some thinke that with a combe of drossie Lead,
Thy siluer locks doe turne to colour darke:
Some thinke 'tis but the nature of thy head:
But we thinke most of these haue mist the marke.
For this thinke we, that thinke we thinke aright,
Thy beard and yeeres are graue, thy head is light.
The most elegant and witty epigrams of Sir Iohn Harrington | ||