Social Commentaries

Heaven and Earth

by Thomas Bancroft fl. 1633–1658

From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II

Social Commentaries

As from one Maker Heaven and Earth proceed,
So some resemblance doe they hold indeed:
For as the Boreall parts of Heaven include
Most Starres, and of the greatest magnitude,
So doth our Northerne Hemispheare below,
More of the continent and Ilands show
Than doth the South. Thus Heaven and Earth accord,
And so were men in goodnesse like their Lord,
Or like his quire of Angels there would be
Through the whole World a compleat Harmony.

MLA

Bancroft, Thomas. “Heaven and Earth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/239/.

Chicago

Bancroft, Thomas. “Heaven and Earth.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/239/.

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