Social Commentaries

On Light

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Light steals a jeast, and then to mak't his own
He walks from one to th' other, up and down;
By oft repeating thus he prostrates it;
Light hath a common, though a running wit.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Light.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/247/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Light.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/247/.

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