Social Commentaries
Epigram 10: One tolde me flattry was exilde the
From The Sculler (1612)
Social Commentaries
One tolde me flattry was exilde the state,
And pride and lust at Court were out of date,
How vertue did from thence all vice pursue,
Tis newes (quoth I) too good for to be true.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 10: One tolde me flattry was exilde the.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/47/.
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Taylor, John. “Epigram 10: One tolde me flattry was exilde the.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/taylor_j/47/.
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