Social Commentaries
Epigram 26: Mistresse Grace onely by name
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Social Commentaries
Grace gracelesse, why art thou vngratious Grace,
Why dost thou run so lewdely in the race?
The cause wherefore thy goodnesse is so scant
Is cause, what most thou hast, thou most dost want.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 26: Mistresse Grace onely by name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/193/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 26: Mistresse Grace onely by name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/193/.
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