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Poem by John Heywood


Of Things Unlike


Like will to like, men say; but not always so: 
Contrary to contrary ofttimes doth go. 
When folk be most open, their low parts most loose, 
Then go they to stools that be made most close.



John Heywood


John Heywood's other poems:
  1. Of Holding an Inn
  2. Of a Hand-gun and a Hand
  3. Of Treading a Shoe Awry
  4. What God Said to One. Otherwise. Thou art one of them to whom God bade Ho!
  5. A Reward to a Service Man


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