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