Social Commentaries

To Sullen

by Robert Heath fl. 1636–1659

From Clarastella (1650), Epigrams, Lib. 1

Social Commentaries

Sullen, when it is vext' wil angry sit,
'Twil neither eat nor drink, but pout and fret:
Fast! you do wel, in Gallen I have read
Such scurvie humours should be sterv'd, not fed.

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Heath, Robert. “To Sullen.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/98/.

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Heath, Robert. “To Sullen.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/heath_r/98/.

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