Social Commentaries
Of Death
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Death as a Clocke the Destinies have set,
That still points at us with a fleshlesse hand,
And more than hourely strikes; too sencelesse yet,
His warning blowes we list not understand.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/352/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/352/.
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