Social Commentaries
Flesh to dust
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Death (a strange Miller) flesh to dust doth grind.
How? not with water, but defect of wind.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Flesh to dust.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/293/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Flesh to dust.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/293/.
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