Social Commentaries
David and Goliah. Christ and Sathan
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Five stones tooke David, winning at one throw
Goliah's head: and our meeke Saviour so
Five wounds receiv'd, that weapon-like did slay
Th' Infernall Gyant, and his Host dismay.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “David and Goliah. Christ and Sathan.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/221/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “David and Goliah. Christ and Sathan.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/221/.
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