Social Commentaries

On Sullen

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Sullen wil eat no meat but peevishly
Replies I care not nor I will not, I:
Troth I commend his abstinence, 'tis great,
When having such a stomack hee'l not eat.

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