Social Commentaries
Epigram 20 (As with fresh meates mixture of salt is ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
As with fresh meates mixture of salt is meete,
And vinegere doth relish well the sweete.
So in fayre faces moulds somtimes arise,
Which serue to stay the surfeyte of our eyes.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (As with fresh meates mixture of salt is ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/261/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 20 (As with fresh meates mixture of salt is ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/261/.
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