Social Commentaries
On Swill
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Social Commentaries
On fasting-daies Swill eats and drinketh fast,
Plaies fast, hopes thus the world wil alwaies last:
Thus Swil doth fast, while the rule Fast and Pray,
Hee onely changes into feast and play!
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MLA
Heath, Robert. “On Swill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/204/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Swill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/204/.
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