Social Commentaries

To Sir Iohn Fitzherbert of Narbury

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I

Social Commentaries

SOme worthy cause doth make your Country hold
Your selfe so deare: It is sweet curtesie,
And goodnesse, that adornes you more than gold,
And wins more honour than a crowne can buy.
For though great vices titles rot, the fame
Of vertue keeps her sound, and spreads her name.

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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Sir Iohn Fitzherbert of Narbury.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/107/.

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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Sir Iohn Fitzherbert of Narbury.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/107/.

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