Social Commentaries
On Mary Magdalen, weeping &c
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
How fast doth Mary let her floud-gates goe,
As if the bottome of her love to shew!
Catching with golden nets (O rich device!)
That pretious prey, true bird of Paradise.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On Mary Magdalen, weeping &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/291/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “On Mary Magdalen, weeping &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/291/.
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