Social Commentaries

On Lawyer Say-much

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Saymuch by chance in's feet had got the gout,
Yet pleaded stil; there hee wou'd ne'r be out,
But talkt apace, though his feet gouty bee,
Yet hee may have a running tongue I see.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Lawyer Say-much.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/164/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Lawyer Say-much.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/164/.

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