Social Commentaries
To Trent
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Sweet River, on whose flowery Margin layd,
I with the slippery Fish have often playd
At fast and loose: when ere th'enamour'd ayre
Shall in soft sighes mine ecchoed accents beare,
Gently permit the smoother verse to slide
On thy sleeke bosome, and in tryumph ride
Vnto the Mayne: where when it sounds along,
Let Tritons dance, and Syrens learne my song.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Trent.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/62/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Trent.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/62/.
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