Social Commentaries

To the Right honourable Iohn, Lord Viscount Haddington, Iohn Ramsey

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)

Social Commentaries

Thrice worthy Lord, whose vertues doe proclaime,
How Honors noble marke is still thy Aym,
To attaine the which thou holdst thy hand so steedy.
That thy deesrts haue wonne the prize already.

MLA

Taylor, John. “To the Right honourable Iohn, Lord Viscount Haddington, Iohn Ramsey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/106/.

Chicago

Taylor, John. “To the Right honourable Iohn, Lord Viscount Haddington, Iohn Ramsey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/106/.

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