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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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78. To Trent.

Sweet River, on whose flowery Margin layd,
I with the slippery Fish have often playd
At fast and loose: when ere th'enamour'd ayre
Shall in soft sighes mine ecchoed accents beare,
Gently permit the smoother verse to slide
On thy sleeke bosome, and in tryumph ride
Vnto the Mayne: where when it sounds along,
Let Tritons dance, and Syrens learne my song.
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