Social Commentaries
Another on the same (Gentle Friends, with teares forbeare)
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Gentle Friends, with teares forbeare
To drowne a withered Flower here,
That, in Spring of Natures pride,
Dranke the Morning dew, and dy'd.
Death may teach you here to live,
And a friendly call doth give
To this humble house of mine,
Here's his Inne, and this the Signe.
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MLA
Bancroft, Thomas. “Another on the same (Gentle Friends, with teares forbeare).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/12/.
Chicago
Bancroft, Thomas. “Another on the same (Gentle Friends, with teares forbeare).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/12/.
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