Social Commentaries
Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more)
From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2
Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more
Hath got a nose which reacheth to the skies,
This nose hath got a mouth wide gaping so,
This mouth hath gotten eares, these eares haue eies,
And now me thinkes tis little nose againe,
Being deuided, for I did suppose,
That it had neither mouth, nor eares, nor eyne,
I was deceiu'de, I tooke all for a nose,
And if I say als nose, thinke you I lye?
But if I say not; what a nose marre I?
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/47/.
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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/47/.
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