Social Commentaries
An unfruitfull Reader
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Who reads Gods Word, not following it in deed,
Is like a sounding, but an empty Reed.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An unfruitfull Reader.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/227/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An unfruitfull Reader.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/227/.
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