Social Commentaries
To Gallus
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
What's in three bellies in one day, wu'dst know?
'Tis the new egge thou eatst, each morning to
Thy breakfast: first 'twas in the hens, and then
In thine, at night 'tis in thy hen's agen.
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Heath, Robert. “To Gallus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/142/.
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Heath, Robert. “To Gallus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/142/.
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