Social Commentaries
To a busie headed, idle-handed Zelot
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Thou wholly dost neglect thy Family,
And marr'st good acts with such impiety,
Whil'st, like the nayle that stucke in Sisera
His Temples, in the Church thou still wouldst stay.
Such fervent folly doth expose to mocks
Devotion, and such nayles the Devill knocks.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To a busie headed, idle-handed Zelot.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/338/.
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