Social Commentaries
Patient and prudent
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
A suffering man is like the Beare-starre, slow
To move, yet such as may discrection show.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Patient and prudent.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/289/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Patient and prudent.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/289/.
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