Social Commentaries
The Roman Eagle
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
The Roman Eagle, once with terrour spred,
Whose two heads East and West were brandished,
Is now dismembred, having left but one
Faint head, and almost all the feathers gone.
No marvell then the crest-fall'n bird doth quake,
When Warre but stroaks her, whom such aydes forsake.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Roman Eagle.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/192/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Roman Eagle.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/192/.
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