Social Commentaries
On Swillmore
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Social Commentaries
Swillmore grown dry with talking, drinks til hee
Was got so drunk he could nor speak nor see:
His windy words soxt him; some drunk have bin,
As well by letting out as taking in.
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Heath, Robert. “On Swillmore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/214/.
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Heath, Robert. “On Swillmore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/214/.
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