Social Commentaries
Epigram 29 (A Dry beame feedes the mind, as Pyndar ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
A Dry beame feedes the mind, as Pyndar writes,
And quickneth reason with refined spirits.
But your conceipt is dull and nothing such,
Lalus; I thinke you wett your mind to much.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 29 (A Dry beame feedes the mind, as Pyndar ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/189/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 29 (A Dry beame feedes the mind, as Pyndar ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/189/.
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