Social Commentaries
The Aegyptian Isthmus
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Were Aegypts Isthmus cut, the Natives feare
The angry Red-sea to the ground would beare
Their Pyramids, and men like sheepe would dye
Of the Red water, stain'd with cruelty.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Aegyptian Isthmus.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/160/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Aegyptian Isthmus.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/160/.
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