Social Commentaries
Of humane life
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
If life be but a thread, then why may not
Sharpe misery be th' needle, death the knot?
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of humane life.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/376/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Of humane life.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/376/.
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