Social Commentaries
Epigram 23 (Mountioy what is my muse, or my dull ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3
Social Commentaries
Mountioy what is my muse, or my dull pen,
Or my forlorne conceipt, worthy of thee
The honoredst of honorable men,
Nobling with vertues thy Nobilitie?
Yet sith thy fame through euery eare doth slie,
And all men praise thy worth: why should not I?
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 23 (Mountioy what is my muse, or my dull ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/104/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 23 (Mountioy what is my muse, or my dull ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/104/.
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