DE DIE MARTIS, ET DIE VENERIS; EPIGRAM, by CHARLES COTTONPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: Saturn and sol, and luna chaste Last Line: Should lose a planet, and the week a day. Subject(s): Planets
SATURN and Sol, and Luna chaste, 'Twixt Mars and Venus still are plac't, Whilst Mercury and Jove divide, The lovers on the other side.
What may the hidden mystery Of this unriddled order be? The Gods themselves do justly fear, That should they trust these two too near; Mars would be drown'd in Venus, and so they Should lose a Planet, and the week a day.