Social Commentaries

On Lurch the match-contriver

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Lurch th' old match-maker with his hunting nose
All the young Heirs both Male and Female knows
In town or Country, widows too, or men
Once married, he can help to wed agen:
Saves them the labour too of wooing, whilst
He bids the bans, and sends them to the Priest
For further copulation: thus doth Lurch
Prey on each party that he brings to Church.
But oh how oft this marriage-Pimp is curst!
'Fore I'd grow rich thus, I'd be hanged first.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Lurch the match-contriver.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/137/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Lurch the match-contriver.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/137/.

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