Social Commentaries
Now, or never
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Vpon their Sabbaths Eve, old Israels Host,
(Preparing for the time they honour'd most)
Stor'd them with Manna for the future day:
So should old Fathers (hoar'd with frosty gray)
Against their finall now-approaching rest
Hoard up good workes, as Treasures in the Chest,
And (Archer-like) with most impulsion send
Devotions shafts, when drawing to their end.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Now, or never.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/327/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Now, or never.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/327/.
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