Social Commentaries

Epigram 12 (The wicked wound vs, yet aske why we ...)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 6

Social Commentaries

The wicked wound vs, yet aske why we bleede,
The wicked smite vs, yet aske why we cry:
They clip our winges, and yet would haue vs flye.
They aske more bricke, yet take away our reede.
And these not Pharaohs out of AEgypt spronge,
But our owne Israelites which do this wrong.
And we from stranger countries hauing rest,
In our sweete Canaan are thus opprest.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 12 (The wicked wound vs, yet aske why we ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/212/.

Chicago

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 12 (The wicked wound vs, yet aske why we ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/212/.

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