Social Commentaries

Epigram 3: Glacus that selfe conceyted critticke foole

by John Taylor 1580–1653

From The Sculler (1612)

Social Commentaries

Glacus that selfe conceyted critticke foole,
Vpon my Epigrams doth looke a scaunt,
And bids me put my barren wit to schoole,
And I in anger bid the Asse auaunt.
For till some better thing by him is pend,
I bid him falt not that he cannot mend.

MLA

Taylor, John. “Epigram 3: Glacus that selfe conceyted critticke foole.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/40/.

Chicago

Taylor, John. “Epigram 3: Glacus that selfe conceyted critticke foole.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/40/.

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