Social Commentaries

Epitaph on a very fat man

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Under this pebble stone,
Here fast sleepeth one,
And that is not two;

Yet was without doubt
Far bigger about,
Then both I, and you.

His kidneys encreast
So much, that his wast
Was hooped all round:

So his girdle Death cuts,
And down fel his guts,
'Bouts heels to the ground.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “Epitaph on a very fat man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/107/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “Epitaph on a very fat man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/107/.

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