Social Commentaries
A flocke of Fooles
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
What numbers are there like the sonnes of Gad,
That more than Cana'n lik'd Mount Gilead!
Their folly's infinite that so admire
Hillocks of wealth, though few to Heav'n aspire.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A flocke of Fooles.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/342/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A flocke of Fooles.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/342/.
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