Social Commentaries
To the Lord Uerulam
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Had I a tongue of all Frier Bacons brasse,
Which should (they say) have wal'd this Iland round,
I scarcely could how deepe thy knowledge was,
With all the strength of such an Organ sound
Fame cannot do't, her trumpet it would split:
Why then should words blow wind on such a wit?
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the Lord Uerulam.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/82/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To the Lord Uerulam.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/82/.
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