Social Commentaries

Epigram 6 (Momus, I treate of vices by the way,)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 1

Social Commentaries

Momus, I treate of vices by the way,
Of vices pure, abstract, and separate,
Of vniuersall, as the schoole men say,
Intentionall, meere, and specificate;
Which floate aboue all sense of vulgarnesse,
And keepe the topp of the praedicament;
Which like Chymaera haunt the wildernesse,
And are the substance of an accident.
You cannot Momus then be toucht by me,
Vnlesse you genus vniuersum, be.

MLA

Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 6 (Momus, I treate of vices by the way,).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/6/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 6 (Momus, I treate of vices by the way,).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/6/.

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