Social Commentaries

On Stupro

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Stupro on horseback saies hee'l ride no more,
'Tis 'cause hee hath been jaded much before:
Hee may the Trojan Palfrey now bestride,
The living jades are fiery hot, to ride.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Stupro.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/213/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Stupro.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/213/.

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