Social Commentaries
Epigram 37: Plaine dunstable
From The Nipping and Snipping of Abuses (1614)
Social Commentaries
Your words passe my capatchity, good zur,
But ich to proue neede neuer to goe vur:
Cha knowne men liue in honest exclamation,
Who now God wot, liues in a worser fashion.
The poor man grumbles at the rich mans store,
And rich men daily doe expresse the poore.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 37: Plaine dunstable.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/204/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 37: Plaine dunstable.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/204/.
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