Social Commentaries

Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World: The Souldier

by Sir John Davies 1569–1626

From Complete Poems, ed. Grosart (1876)

Social Commentaries

My occupation is, the noble trade of Kings,
The tryall that decides the highest right of things:
Though Mars my master be, I doe not Venus loue,
Nor honour Bacchus oft, nor often sweare by Ioue;
Of speaking of my selfe, I all occasion shunne,
And rather loue to doe, then boast what I haue done.

MLA

Davies, John. “Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World: The Souldier.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/163/.

Chicago

Davies, John. “Yet Other Twelve Wonders of the World: The Souldier.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davies/163/.

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