Social Commentaries
Epigram 3 (Monsters of men are many now a day,)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2
Social Commentaries
Monsters of men are many now a day,
Which still like Vultures on the dead do pray,
And as the Phoenix doth in wondred wise,
So they, but out of others ashes rise.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 3 (Monsters of men are many now a day,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/43/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 3 (Monsters of men are many now a day,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/43/.
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