Social Commentaries
A flight of cares
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Like noisome Flies that Aegypt did infest,
Are worldly cares, (whose buzzing doth molest
Our fixt devotions) yet with shorter wings
Than to fly off, though longer be their stings.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A flight of cares.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/343/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “A flight of cares.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/343/.
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