Social Commentaries
Epigram 1: Fortune
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Social Commentaries
Tis Fortunes glory to keepe Poets poore,
And cram weake witted Idiots with her store:
And tis concluded in the wisest schooles
The blinded drab, shall euer fauour fooles.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 1: Fortune.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/168/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 1: Fortune.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/168/.
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