Social Commentaries
Epigram 17 (The Sonn which shines amid the heauē so ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 4
Social Commentaries
The Sonn which shines amid the heauē so bright
And guides our eyes to heauen by his light:
Will not be gazde on of a fleshly eye:
But blinds tat sight which dares to see so hye:
Euen he doth tell vs that heauen doth require,
Far better eyes of them which would see higher.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 17 (The Sonn which shines amid the heauē so ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/137/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 17 (The Sonn which shines amid the heauē so ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/137/.
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