Social Commentaries

Epigram 10 (Reader be iudge betweene Mirus and me,)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5

Social Commentaries

Reader be iudge betweene Mirus and me,
And as thou iudgest it, so it shall be.
I blame vnseemely things with modesty.
He railes vpon me most reprochfully.
I rayle at none, but hauing shewde the vice,
Onely commend the good, and warne the wise.
Should I commend the bad? but that were sinne,
Should I dispraise the good? that would please him;
Should I write nothing, and my pen refraine?
There is so much matter, who can abstaine?

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 10 (Reader be iudge betweene Mirus and me,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/170/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 10 (Reader be iudge betweene Mirus and me,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/170/.

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