Social Commentaries

On Vulpe

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

As Ravens 'bout the breathless Carkass flie,
So swarm Vulpe's friends, now he but seems to die:
Each greedy angler hook and line doth lay;
Baited with gifts to catch this Aurata
Which swallows both, escapes, takes all they give,
Thus old get heirs each day, and stil doth live:
Vulpe preys o'th, living, he most Vulter is;
These Harpies hope for prey, but when Vulpe dies,

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Heath, Robert. “On Vulpe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/238/.

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Heath, Robert. “On Vulpe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/238/.

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