Here Stanley rest escaped this mortal strife

DMI number:

24027

First Line:

Here Stanley rest escaped this mortal strife

Last Line:

Is all the hope thy hapless mother knows

Poem Genre / Form:

Epitaph and Couplet

Themes:

Death and Hopelessness / vanity of life

Related People

Author:

James Thomson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Sambrook (1986): 303-304.

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First Line:

Here Stanley rest escape this mortal strife

Last Line:

To life and virtue and eternal day

Relationship:

Variant Of

Comments:

Content/Publication

Title:

Select Epitaphs [Vol. 2] [ESTC T137253]

Page No(s):

pp.154-155

Poem Title:

On Miss Stanley.

Attribution:

By Mr. James Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson