Social Commentaries
Epigram 10 (The naked corpse cast out vpon the shoare,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 1
Social Commentaries
The naked corpse cast out vpon the shoare,
Seemde in my thought thus wofully to plaine:
Sea, thou did'st drowne, and bury me before;
Why do thy waues then digge me out againe?
Thus we by earth and sea are inuired;
The earth castes forth her liue, the sea her dead.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 10 (The naked corpse cast out vpon the shoare,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/10/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 10 (The naked corpse cast out vpon the shoare,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/10/.
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