Social Commentaries

A Bull made Sense.

by Thomas Jordan c. 1612–1685

From The Muses Melody in a Consort of Poetrie ([1680?])

Social Commentaries

AS Three were walking by a Hedge, one cries
I spye a cluster of red Black-berries.
The second laughed, the third (in his defence)
Said he would justifie it to be Sense,
And with this Question gravely steps between
Are not Black-berries red when they are green?

MLA

Jordan, Thomas. “A Bull made Sense.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/108/.

Chicago

Jordan, Thomas. “A Bull made Sense.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/108/.

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