Social Commentaries
To Iame Shirley
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Iames, thou and I did spend some precious yeeres▪
At Katherine-Hall; since when we sometimes feele
In our Poetick braines (as plaine appeares)
A whirling tricke, then caught from Katherines wheele.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Iame Shirley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/9/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Iame Shirley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/9/.
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