Social Commentaries
To Iohn Fretchvile Esquire
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
A Good mans Center is his Countries love,
Whither your weighty worth doth swiftly move
After your fathers, whom to honour, bright
Phoebus did friendly aime, and hit the white.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Iohn Fretchvile Esquire.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/70/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Iohn Fretchvile Esquire.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/70/.
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