Social Commentaries
On Smart
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
A Puritan once; Smart, since conform'd did bow,
Wore a Canonick cassock to his shooe:
Turn'd with the tide he rails 'gainst Bishops now;
This for a quiet living Smart can do:
Instead of Cassock now a cloack he wears,
A broad hat with short hair and longer ears.
As th' Sun moves he sets his Horoscope:
Smart's both a turn coat now, and Heliotrope.
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Heath, Robert. “On Smart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/116/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Smart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/116/.
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