Of our dead friends ill truths we may not tell

DMI number:

43281

First Line:

Of our dead friends ill truths we may not tell

Last Line:

But fate's whole power invades when sacred virtue dies

Poem Genre / Form:

Eulogy, Devotional poem, and Couplet

Themes:

Death, Fate / fortune / providence, and Virtue / vice

Content/Publication

Title:

Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects [ESTC R22340]

Page No(s):

pp.123-25

Poem Title:

Upon a most Virtuous and Accomplish'd Young Gentleman, Who Died of the Small-Pox

Attribution:

S.H. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects. the second edition [ESTC R9864]

Page No(s):

pp.123-25

Poem Title:

Upon a most Virtuous and Accomplish'd Young Gentleman, Who Died of the Small-Pox

Attribution:

S.H. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed