Social Commentaries
Ioseph in Prisan, to Pharaoh's Butler at liberty
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Whilst we in Prison fettered lay
Our loves were fast, and thou didst say,
Thou surely wouldst (if ever grac't
Againe) relieve me: but thou hast
Let slip thy promise, and my paine,
Though Pharaoh's Cuppe thou holdst againe.
Thus Royall favours Sunne-shine makes
(In Dunghill mindes) ungratefull snakes
Of Libertines, in office set;
And cuppes make men their friends forget.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Ioseph in Prisan, to Pharaoh's Butler at liberty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/259/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Ioseph in Prisan, to Pharaoh's Butler at liberty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/259/.
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