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Poems on Several Occasions

Written by Charles Cotton

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On Cation a Dwarf.

Epig de Monsieur Maynard.

The extended wont of Nature,
As all Mens Judgments will allow,
Never piss'd so small a Creature;
Nor such a Mannikin as thou.
One might conceal thee well enough
In the least plet of thy small Ruff;
Alas! thou half a Man art scant:
Go, and shew thy Stature (Cation)
In the gross of some Batallion,
Most bravely mounted on an Ant.