Social Commentaries
Keepe within compasse
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Wild Esau rang'd the fields, but Iacob still,
Kept home: so Gods indeared Servants will
Themselves in compasse of a Conscience hold,
But impious fooles are straglers from the Fold.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “Keepe within compasse.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/383/.
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