Social Commentaries

Epigram 11 (Reader if Heywood liued now againe)

by Thomas Bastard 1565/6–1618

From Chrestoleros (1598), Book 3

Social Commentaries

Reader if Heywood liued now againe
Whome time of life hath not of praise bereaued,
If he would write, I could expresse his vaine,
Thus he would write, or else I am deceiued.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Reader if Heywood liued now againe).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/90/.

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Bastard, Thomas. “Epigram 11 (Reader if Heywood liued now againe).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bastard/90/.

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