Social Commentaries

Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 2

Social Commentaries

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?

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/47/.

Chicago

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 7 (Laetus by sops, and sups, and little more).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/47/.

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