Social Commentaries
Of Man
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Man is an Engine, mov'd with Reasons weight,
But Death, that stops his breath, unwinds him streight.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/169/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/169/.
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