Social Commentaries
Gluttons and Lechers
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Gluttons are heavy hulkes, that scarce can steere;
But Lechers are light Friggots, here and there.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Gluttons and Lechers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/38/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Gluttons and Lechers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/38/.
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