Social Commentaries
In Flaccum
From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)
Social Commentaries
The false knave Flaccus once a bribe I gaue:
The more foole I to bribe so false a knaue:
But he gaue back my bribe; the more foole he,
That for my folly did not cousen me.
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Davies, John. “In Flaccum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/115/.
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