Social Commentaries

On Thais her Bastard

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Thais the mother, but the father who?
Thais her self nor any else doth know:
Can th' son oth' people want a father? when
For parents he can claime so many men?

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Thais her Bastard.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/241/.

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Heath, Robert. “On Thais her Bastard.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/241/.

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