Social Commentaries
To William Davenport, Esquire
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
YOur native sweetnesse, which you often have
Diffus'd to others, boldens me to crave
Your favour to this weakling worke of mine:
Whereon if your cleare Iudgment daigne to shine,
All clouds of envy menacing my Verse
I shall despise, and with one puffe disperse.
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