Social Commentaries
To the Honorable Esquire, IOHN MANNOVRS of HADDON
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
YOur Honour'd ancestour was stiled King
Of the high Peake, for royall House-keeping:
And well your selfe approves your noble straine
Of Kindred, by that bounty you maintaine:
Whose rarenesse in this iron age bewrayes
A golden Mind, and precious makes your praise.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the Honorable Esquire, IOHN MANNOVRS of HADDON.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/78/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the Honorable Esquire, IOHN MANNOVRS of HADDON.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/78/.
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