Social Commentaries
Birds of prey, hardly reclaimed
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Achan was stoned for a wedge of gold,
That stucke too fast in his ill-bent desire:
But stony hearts their barren brests doe hold,
That wealth by stealth and lawlesse shifts acquire.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Birds of prey, hardly reclaimed.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/359/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Birds of prey, hardly reclaimed.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/359/.
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