Social Commentaries

The Stonie Age

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

'To fore there was a Golden Age, next that
A Silver one, but now 'tis Iron all:
To what I tro wilt next degenerate?
To stone I think in stead of Minerall.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “The Stonie Age.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/199/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “The Stonie Age.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/199/.

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