Social Commentaries

To Plagiarie

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Feloniously thou stealst anothers wit,
'Cause sure thou art to have thy book for it:
Thou art no learned thief yet, for although
Thou readest wel thou canst not write wel too.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To Plagiarie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/263/.

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Heath, Robert. “To Plagiarie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/263/.

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