Social Commentaries
Belly, cease thy grumbling
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
God, that for every Beast provided meate
Before (their Master) Man had ought to eate,
Shew'd us how small a care is requisite
For things that please the rambling appetite:
For man that beares a Queene-like Soule, should have
Small stomacke to become his bodies slave.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Belly, cease thy grumbling.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/322/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Belly, cease thy grumbling.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/322/.
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