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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON SIM AND SIMON, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Though sim, whilst sim, in ill repute did live
Last Line: Simon's a knave at length, and not in figure.
Subject(s): Names; Size & Shape; Height
First Line: Though sim, whilst sim, in ill repute did live
Last Line: Simon's a knave at length, and not in figure.
Subject(s): Names; Size & Shape; Height
THOUGH Sim, whilst Sim, in ill repute did live,
He yet was but a knave diminutive;
But now his name being swell'd two letters bigger,
Simon's a knave at length, and not in figure.
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