Social Commentaries
Epigram 19 (Avarice hath an endlesse eye,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 1
Social Commentaries
Avarice hath an endlesse eye,
Attende, and I will tell you why;
The minde the bodies good doth craue,
Which it desiring cannot haue:
The like resemblance may be made,
As if the bodie lou'd a shade.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 19 (Avarice hath an endlesse eye,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/19/.
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