For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies
- DMI number:
- 29812
- First Line:
- For fame the wretch beneath the gallows lies
- Last Line:
- Nor ever penetrate the silent urn
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death and Fame
- Author:
- Soame Jenyns
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'On the Immortality of the Soul'. Chalmers (1810) XVII: 622-635.
- Title:
- A collection of poems for reading and repetition selected from the most celebrated British poets [ESTC T119516] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- Fame
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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