Social Commentaries

Of the Aethiopian Mountaine, Amara

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I

Social Commentaries

On this faire Mountaine, sphericall and high,
Stands (as fame goes) a precious Library,
Where Livies whole worke, Enochs Oracles,
Salomons Physicks, and some mysteries else
That did survive the Flood, entreasur'd lye,
Insulting o're Times wastefull tyranny.
O could I thither reach! then should I stand
High in the Muses grace, and all command.

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