Living
Upon Adam Peapes. Epig.
From Hesperides (1648)
Living
PEapes he do's strut, and pick his Teeth, as if
His jawes had tir'd on some large Chine of Beefe.
But nothing so; The Dinner Adam had,
Was cheese full ripe with Teares, with Bread as sad.
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Herrick, Robert. “Upon Adam Peapes. Epig.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herrick/844/.
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