Social Commentaries

To Megaera

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Megaera! since thy ugly face would fright
The Div'l himselfe, and all that look on it;
Prithee why dost thou wear a looking-glasse?
I cast a figure for that cause, she saies,
To fright him from me, and each lustful eie:
Fear't not! I'l warr'nt thee none shal tempt thee, I;
For he that should on thy face doat, I'd swear,
Both blind, and mad, bewitcht indeed he were.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To Megaera.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/196/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “To Megaera.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/196/.

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