Social Commentaries

Epigram 25 (Timon is sicke of seuen which deadly be.)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5

Social Commentaries

Timon is sicke of seuen which deadly be.
And yet not like to die for ought I see.
He hath the soggie sinn of Ale and cakes.
He hath the sinn of lace and fustniapes,
He hath the seeing sinn the heartes great'st woe.
And yet he hath the sinn, of winken to.
He hath the sparrowes sinn, & these which follow,
He hath, he hath, the redd sinn and the yellow.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 25 (Timon is sicke of seuen which deadly be.).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/185/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 25 (Timon is sicke of seuen which deadly be.).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/185/.

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