Social Commentaries
On the Ocean
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
How strangely doth the humid Ocean moove
By some impulsion from the Spheares above!
And seemes indeed a lesse terrestriall skye,
Whose bubbles, starres; and foame's the Galaxie.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the Ocean.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/149/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the Ocean.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/149/.
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