Social Commentaries

On Gamster

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Play fair and swear not? burn the tables! I
Wil neither th' one nor th' other by this die:
Gamester I'l now believe thee valiant too,
'Cause you'l not swear less then you mean to do.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Gamster.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/242/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Gamster.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/242/.

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