Joseph Hall (1574 - 1656 / England)

Poems of Joseph Hall

1. On Simony 4/21/2010
2. The Domestic Tudor's Position 4/21/2010
3. The Impecunious Fop 4/21/2010
4. The Kings Prophecie 1/1/2004
5. Virgidemarium (excerpt) 1/1/2004

The Impecunious Fop

See'st thou how gaily my young master goes,
Vaunting himself upon his rising toes;
And pranks his hand upon his dagger's side;
And picks his glutted teeth since late noon-tide?
'Tis Ruffio: Trow'st thou where he dined to-day?
In sooth I saw him sit with Duke Humphrey.
Many good welcomes, and much gratis cheer,
Keeps he for every straggling cavalier;
An open house, haunted with great resort;

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