Social Commentaries
Epigram 39 (If in these naked lines perhaps be ought,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
If in these naked lines perhaps be ought,
Great Lord, which your conceipt or sense may fit,
Then had that dy'de and perisht from your thought
Had not audacious neede preserued it.
If neede haue well done, I am glad therfore.
But I be seech you lett her do no more.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 39 (If in these naked lines perhaps be ought,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/279/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 39 (If in these naked lines perhaps be ought,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/279/.
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