Social Commentaries
On Crambo, a Lousy Shifter
From A Poetical Rhapsody (1602), ed. A. H. Bullen (1890–91)
Social Commentaries
By want of shift since lice at first are bred;
And after, by the same increased and fed:
Crambo, I muse how you have lice so many;
Since all men know you shift as much as any.
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Davison, Francis. “On Crambo, a Lousy Shifter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/39/.
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Davison, Francis. “On Crambo, a Lousy Shifter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/davison/39/.
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