Social Commentaries
On Cleopatra
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1
Social Commentaries
Rich cleopatra striving to outvie
In luxuries excess Mark Anthonie,
A Pearl in value worth three hundred crown
Dissolv'd in vinegar first did swallow down
At one proud draught; and but prevented wu'd
At the next draught have swallowed one as good.
Oh monstrous stomack that could in one houre
Consume an Empire, and a State devoure?
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Heath, Robert. “On Cleopatra.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/149/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Cleopatra.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/149/.
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