Social Commentaries

On Brag

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 2

Social Commentaries

Brag his right glove draws often off and on,
To show his wounds on each occasion:
Tel not for shame, Brag, where thou gotst those scars;
A tavern broil did mark thee, not the wars.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “On Brag.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/268/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “On Brag.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/268/.

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