Social Commentaries
A beame of comfort
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
God that his splendour did to Moses show,
From Aegypt fled, will sure with comfort so
Shine upon those, that gladly bid farewell
To lust, whose lightnesse keeps us darke as Hell.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A beame of comfort.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/226/.
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