Social Commentaries
The worme of Conscience
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Sinne like a Serpents egge, in dunghill laid,
Of soule corruption to each heart convay'd,
And hatcht with hot desires of greedy sence,
Becomes a Worme, and gnawes the Conscience.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The worme of Conscience.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/385/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The worme of Conscience.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/385/.
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