Social Commentaries
Faith and Love
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
The aire doth first affect us, though the fire
Be more Celestiall, and more high aspire.
So the first tendrell of straight vertues tree
Is Faith, but the toppe branch is Charity.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Faith and Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/219/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Faith and Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/219/.
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