Social Commentaries
To Envy
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Envy, thy part so basely acted is,
That even in contempt thy Snakes do hisse.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Envy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/172/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Envy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/172/.
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