Social Commentaries
Epigram 42 (Ovr vice is runne beyond all olde mens ...)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 7
Social Commentaries
Ovr vice is runne beyond all olde mens sawes,
And farre authenticall aboue our law S.
And scorning vertues safe and goolden meane.
Sits vncontrolde vpon the high extreame,
Circes thynne monsters painted out the hue,
Of fayned filthinesse, but ours is trewe.
Our vice puts downe all prouerbes and all theames,
Our vice excels all fables and all dreames.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 42 (Ovr vice is runne beyond all olde mens ...).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/282/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 42 (Ovr vice is runne beyond all olde mens ...).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/282/.
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