Social Commentaries

Epigram 34 (Doe I call iudgement to my foolish rimes,)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 4

Social Commentaries

Doe I call iudgement to my foolish rimes,
And rarest art and reading them to viewe,
Reynoldes: Religions Oracle most true.
Mirrour of arte, and Austen of our times?
For loue of these I call thee, which I pray,
That thou in reading these would'st put away.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 34 (Doe I call iudgement to my foolish rimes,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/154/.

Chicago

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 34 (Doe I call iudgement to my foolish rimes,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/154/.

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