Living
Upon Scobble. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
SCobble for Whoredome whips his wife; and cryes,
He'll slit her nose; But blubb'ring, she replyes,
Good Sir, make no more cuts i'th'outward skin,
One slit's enough to let Adultry in.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Scobble. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/127/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Scobble. Epig.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/127/.
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