Social Commentaries
Epigram 24 (Ovr peruerse age doth recon least of all,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
Ovr peruerse age doth recon least of all,
Of the true noble, plaine, and liberall.
And giueth honour most iniurious.
Vnto the base, craftie and couetous.
What makes the good repine? what wrongs the wise?
What is the spoyle of all? fortunate vice.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 24 (Ovr peruerse age doth recon least of all,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/184/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 24 (Ovr peruerse age doth recon least of all,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/184/.
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