Social Commentaries

On Stut

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

The more Stut strives to speak, he stams the more;
But his cold tongue wel oyld, and hot with store
Of wine, he speaks not like an Oracle then,
But much, and loud, and plain as other men:
Such Eloquence hath pow'rful wine: but he
Drinks oft til he can neither speak nor see.
The Remedie here is worse then the disaese,
Better then none, a tongue imperfect is.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Stut.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/146/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Stut.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/146/.

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