Social Commentaries
Epigram 31 (Lotus owes little vnto memory,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 5
Social Commentaries
Lotus owes little vnto memory,
He will forget his purse, his cloake, his hat.
I, both a good turne and an iniury.
His friend, himselfe, and more I know not what.
Nothing remaines of all things more and lesse,
To be forgotten, but forgetfulnesse.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 31 (Lotus owes little vnto memory,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/191/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 31 (Lotus owes little vnto memory,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/191/.
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