Social Commentaries
On the same (Rich Worldlings are poore Snakes, sustain'd alone)
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Rich Worldlings are poore Snakes, sustain'd alone
With shining dust, and downe to basenesse throwne.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the same (Rich Worldlings are poore Snakes, sustain'd alone).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/253/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On the same (Rich Worldlings are poore Snakes, sustain'd alone).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/253/.
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