Social Commentaries
To the blessed Virgin at her purification
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Why, favourite of Heaven most faire,
Dost thou bring fowles for Sacrifice?
Will not the armefull thou dost beare,
That lovely Lambe of thine, suffice?
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the blessed Virgin at her purification.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/290/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the blessed Virgin at her purification.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/290/.
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