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Absent or dead still let a friend be dear

DMI number:
34575
Poem Aliases
Pope. Epistle to Robert Earl of Oxford and Earl of Mortimer.
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Evidence:
First Line:
Absent or dead still let a friend be dear
Last Line:
A sigh the absent claims the dead a tear
Poem Genre / Form:
Extract / snippet from longer work, Epitaph, and Couplet
Themes:
Death
Related People
Author:
Alexander Pope
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Extract from Epistle to Robert Earl of Mortimer. Twickenham edition VI: 238-40.
Related Poems
First Line:
Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung
Last Line:
Nor fears to tell that Mortimer is he
Relationship:
Extract Of/Extracted In
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.246
Poem Title:
On Anne Dupree, Aet. 80.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed