Social Commentaries
A good wits dyet
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
That which upholds our tottering walls of flesh
Is food; and that which doth our wits refresh
Is wholesome Study: for like stronger Fare
Be solid Arts, but Sweet-meates Poems are.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A good wits dyet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/127/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A good wits dyet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/127/.
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