Social Commentaries
To a Communicant
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book II
Social Commentaries
Thy body is now the pot of Gold,
That doth Celestiall Manna hold:
Then keepe no cankred malice there,
For Golds nere rusts, but shineth cleare.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To a Communicant.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/413/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To a Communicant.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/413/.
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