Social Commentaries
Epigram 30 (The gooldsmith guildeth siluer, tinn or brasse,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
The gooldsmith guildeth siluer, tinn or brasse,
The painter paints on wood or baserstone.
What gooldsmith guilded goold that euer was?
What painter euer painted rubies? none.
But Castor paints himselfe, and thinks it good.
To steale away his pictures praise from wood:
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 30 (The gooldsmith guildeth siluer, tinn or brasse,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/190/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 30 (The gooldsmith guildeth siluer, tinn or brasse,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/190/.
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