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Two bookes of epigrammes, and epitaphs

Dedicated to two top-branches of gentry: Sir Charles Shirley, Baronet, and William Davenport, Esquire. Written by Thomas Bancroft
Bancroft, Thomas (fl. 1633-1658)

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The First Booke of Epigrammes.
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The second Booke of Epigrammes.

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33. To Sir Iohn Harpvr.

You once my lusty Lines did like,
(And I as well did like your Gold)
My measure-keeping Muse doth strike
On the same string; whose hopes are bold
That you will daigne an eare to it,
Sith Hermes (to adorne your minde)
Hath yeelded you his pleasant Wit,
And Phœbus hath his Harpe resign'd.
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