Social Commentaries
Temptation of the flesh
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
This grand Enchantresse deales as Dalilah,
And so importunes us, that we give way
To her desires, to th'losse of Iudgments eyes:
But then th'infernall Philistines devise
Such grinding worke for us, that for their toule
They take what dearest is, the precious Soule.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Temptation of the flesh.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/334/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Temptation of the flesh.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/334/.
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