Social Commentaries
Solace in solitude
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
The Coale-blacke Raven in the desart fed
Elias; but that glory-glittering Dove
Those soules doth cherish, that are sequestred
From worldly toyes, and fixt on joyes above.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Solace in solitude.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/281/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Solace in solitude.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/281/.
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