Social Commentaries
The blood of our Lord
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Thy vitall blood sweete Saviour doth asswage
Our feaverous sinnes, though hot as Hell they rage
Within our flesh. In sultry Aegypt so
Dire plagues decrease, when Nile doth over-flow.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The blood of our Lord.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/400/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The blood of our Lord.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/400/.
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