As those we love decay, we die in part
First Line | As those we love decay, we die in part |
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Author | James Thomson |
Description | Epitaph [Death, afterlife; Friendship]. Transcribed from Thomson, James. "Verses Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Aikman, a particular Friend of the Author's." Poems on several occasions. By James Thomson, 1750, p. 5. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114295665. |
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As those we love decay, we die in part,
String after string is sever'd from the heart;
Till loosen'd life, at last, but breathing clay,
Without one pang is glad to fall away.
Unhappy he, who latest feels the blow,
Whose eyes have wept o'er ev'y friend laid low,
Dragg'd ling'ring on from partial death to death,
Till, dying, all he can resign is breath.
Beinecke Osborn c163
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 22.
Local title: Verses occasioned by the death of a particular friend of the author.
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Bodleian MS Mont. e. 14
Title | Poetry Selected and Orginal, 1788 & 1789 |
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Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
Archive | Bodleian Library |
f. 25.
Local title: Epitaph.
Attributed author: Thomson.
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