Living
Great boast, small rost.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
OF Flanks and Chines of Beefe doth Gorrell boast
He has at home; but who tasts boil'd or rost?
Look in his Brine-tub, and you shall find there
Two stiffe-blew-Pigs-feet, and a sow's cleft eare.
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Herrick, Robert. “Great boast, small rost.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/222/.
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Herrick, Robert. “Great boast, small rost.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/222/.
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