Social Commentaries

To Simple

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Simple you know I gave you good advice;
Little to say, that men might think you wise;
If you'l proclaim your self a fool you may:
I onely tel you now what others say.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To Simple.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/181/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “To Simple.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/181/.

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