As those we love decay we die in part
- DMI number:
- 25104
- First Line:
- As those we love decay we die in part
- Last Line:
- Till dying all he can resign is breath
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Friendship, and Illness, injury
- Author:
- James Thomson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from On the death of Mr. William Aikman, the painter ('Oh could I draw my friend thy genuine mind'). Sambrook (1986): 288-290.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- On William Mallor.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
- Page No(s):
- pp.123-124
- Poem Title:
- CCCCXXIII. Verses occasioned by Mr. Aikman's Death.
- Attribution:
- James Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
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