Social Commentaries
Lust and Pride
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Abra'm saw Sodome wrap't in smoke and fire;
And who the world beholds, shall it desery
Involv'd in hotter flames of lewd desire,
And smoke of pride, that towreth to the sky
Like to a Meteor; yet descends againe
In teares of sorrow, as a Cloud in raine.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Lust and Pride.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/350/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Lust and Pride.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/350/.
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