Social Commentaries
To a painted Whore
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
As rotten worms do breed in gilded books,
So thrives thy carkas under painted looks:
Who reads thy sou I shal find that too within
In every line and letter black with sin.
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Heath, Robert. “To a painted Whore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/130/.
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Heath, Robert. “To a painted Whore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/130/.
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