Social Commentaries
The worlds entertainement
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
The World resembles Iael in her tent,
And entertaines us with like complement;
Feeds us, and covers us, while close we lye,
Strecht on the dull couch of obscurity:
But when we sleepe fast, faster to the ground
Our heads and hearts doe fixe, and both confound.
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