Social Commentaries
To Mr. Henry Mellor, the first Major of Darby
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
You seeme the prime bough of an ample tree,
Whereon if faire expected fruits we see:
Whilst others fames with ranke reproaches meete,
As Mel or Manna shall your name be sweete.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Mr. Henry Mellor, the first Major of Darby.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/177/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Mr. Henry Mellor, the first Major of Darby.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/177/.
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