Social Commentaries
To Nathaniel Carpenter, on his Geography
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
So well I like the structure of thy Spheare,
(Whereon thou seem'st an obeliske to reare
To thy fames wonder,) that my Muse preferres
Thy skill before th' Ephesian Carpenters.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Nathaniel Carpenter, on his Geography.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/83/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Nathaniel Carpenter, on his Geography.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/83/.
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