Social Commentaries
On Mounsieur Finedress
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
Sr. do but marke yon crisped Sir you meet!
How like a Pageant he doth stalk the street?
See how his perfum'd head is powderd o'r!
Twu'd stink else, for it wanted salt before.
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Heath, Robert. “On Mounsieur Finedress.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/134/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Mounsieur Finedress.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/134/.
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