Social Commentaries
To a serpentine Sychophant
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Thou liv'st by doing others deadly wrong
At great mens Tables, with thy banefull tongue:
And yet dependest (as thou dar'st averre)
On Heavens full hand, to be thy Caterer;
That threats to shake thee for detested trickes,
As Paul the Viper into burning Styx.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To a serpentine Sychophant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/296/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To a serpentine Sychophant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/296/.
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