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Epigram 20 (Seuerus calls me idle, I confesse:)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3

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Seuerus calls me idle, I confesse:
But who can worke vpon my idlenesse.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (Seuerus calls me idle, I confesse:).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/100/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (Seuerus calls me idle, I confesse:).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/100/.

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