Social Commentaries
Peace and Warre
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Weapons in peace grow hungry, and will eate
Themselves with rust: but War allowes them meate.
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MLA
Bancroft, Thomas. “Peace and Warre.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/103/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Peace and Warre.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/103/.
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