Social Commentaries
To a poore Begger
From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2
Social Commentaries
If thou hadst said th'hadst had no money, I
Would then have thee believed, but now you lie,
'Cause you do say you want it, for 'tis mad
To say one wants that which he never had:
A word wel plac't may serve one at a need,
Learn to beg right, or you may want indeed.
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Heath, Robert. “To a poore Begger.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/240/.
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Heath, Robert. “To a poore Begger.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/240/.
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