Social Commentaries
On Ribaldry.
From Divinity and Morality in Robes of Poetry ([1660?])
Social Commentaries
OF all detested vices, none (to me)
Appears more vain then verbal Rihaldry:
For he who to such talk his mind doth bend,
Is like that dog, whose tail is at's tongues end.
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Jordan, Thomas. “On Ribaldry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/82/.
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Jordan, Thomas. “On Ribaldry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/82/.
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