Social Commentaries
The brevity of Mans life
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Who would regard this brunt of life? which is
In times long tract a short parenthesis,
Drawne with bent lines upon (this earthly stage)
Of creeping infancy and crooked age.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The brevity of Mans life.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/56/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “The brevity of Mans life.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/56/.
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