Social Commentaries

On Captain Sharke

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Sharkes Creditor promis'd oft, at length did say,
Hee now begun to fear hee ne'r wou'd pay:
You need not fear it Sir! Sharke made replie,
I ne'r intended to repay it, I.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Captain Sharke.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/209/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Captain Sharke.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/209/.

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