Social Commentaries
To Sir THOMAS OVER BURY, on his Wife
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Social Commentaries
Others by Children lengthen out their life,
Thou onely art eterniz'd by thy wife.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Sir THOMAS OVER BURY, on his Wife.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/90/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “To Sir THOMAS OVER BURY, on his Wife.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/90/.
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