Social Commentaries
The Covetous, to sublime contemplators
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
As to his eye who yellow glasse applies,
Sees all things of that golden colour: so
When thoughts of profit taint our phantasies,
We onely are well seene in things below;
But in Celestiall matters blind as Moles,
That hunt for Wormes, and haunt obscurest holes.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Covetous, to sublime contemplators.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/302/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The Covetous, to sublime contemplators.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/302/.
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