BY children's births, and death, I am become
So dry, that I am now my own sad tomb.
A Lame Beggar
I AM unable, yonder beggar cries,
To stand, or move; if he say true, he lies.
A Licentious Person
THY sins and hairs may no man equal call,
For, as thy sins increase, thy hairs do fall.
Antiquary
IF in his study he hath so much care
To hang all old strange things, let his wife beware.
An Obscure Writer
PHILO, with twelve years' study, hath been griev'd
To be understood; when will he be believ'd?
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Afbeelding: Portret van een jonge man van Albrecht Dürer siert het voorplat van de band met Poems van John Donne, waarin opgenomen de Epigrams.
