Social Commentaries

To a lacivious Blackamoore Woman

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Tis Night in thine, in my face day: but yet
Should wee joyn; wee might mongrel twilight get;
A Tawny-moore that would of both partake:
Haunt me not Shade! I'l no new monster make.

MLA

Heath, Robert. “To a lacivious Blackamoore Woman.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/90/.

Chicago

Heath, Robert. “To a lacivious Blackamoore Woman.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/90/.

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