Social Commentaries
On Sleepe
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Sleepe binds the Senses, but at liberty
It sets the Soule, and mocks the fantasie
With strange illusions, playing (Iugler-like)
At fast and loose, till Death in earnest strike.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On Sleepe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/125/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On Sleepe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/125/.
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