Social Commentaries
To Madam Moyle on her Picture
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
Madam! their judgments I commend who said,
Your Pictur's like your self, for it is made
Of fading colours which wil wear away,
To be gaz'd on a while, and then decay;
An empty shadow with a rouling sight,
Looks wantonly on all that look on it;
A wel drest statue, yes; and painted too;
'Tis very like you, Madam! so are you.
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Heath, Robert. “To Madam Moyle on her Picture.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/106/.
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Heath, Robert. “To Madam Moyle on her Picture.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/106/.
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