Social Commentaries
Epigram 2 (Matho bethought what life him best might fitt,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Matho bethought what life him best might fitt,
For basenes sake he scornd all occupation.
Studie he could not for he wanted witt.
And fight he durst not, hence he tooke occasion
To loue, of all liues this life pleasde him best:
Till loue to all these euils him obiected.
To labour, study, fighting and the rest,
More these by all, then euer he suspected.
Thus they endure, which liue in louers state.
For one thing lou'de, a thousand things they hate.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 2 (Matho bethought what life him best might fitt,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/245/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 2 (Matho bethought what life him best might fitt,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/245/.
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