Social Commentaries

To Jeffry the Kings dwarfe

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Smal Sir! me thinks in your lesse self I see
Exprest the lesser worlds Epitomie.
You may write man, ith' abstract so you are,
Though printed in a smaller Character.
The pocket volume hath as much within't
As the broad Folio in a larger print,
And is more useful too. Though low you seem
Yet you'ar both great and high in mens esteem.
Your soul's as large as others, so's your mind:
To greatness Virtue's not like strength confin'd.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To Jeffry the Kings dwarfe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/132/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “To Jeffry the Kings dwarfe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/132/.

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