Before by death you newer knowledge gain
- DMI number:
- 17982
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- Before by death you newer knowledge gain
- Last Line:
- And none when fear is past will supplicate
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abab
- Themes:
- Death and Religion
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Vieth (1968): 224: Noted but omitted.
- Author:
- Sir William Davenant
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Works (1673): 326-334.
- First Line:
- Before by death you never knowledge gain
- Last Line:
- And none when fear is past will supplicate
- Relationship:
- Variant Of
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The good in graves as heavenly seed are sown
- Last Line:
- A short dark passage to eternal light
- Relationship:
- By the same hand as
- Comments:
- Title:
- The sixth part of miscellany poems [ecco] [T117014]
- Page No(s):
- pp.216-227
- Poem Title:
- The Philosopher's Disquisition directed to the Dying Christian.
- Attribution:
- By Sir W. Davenant, Knight.
- Attributed To:
- Sir William Davenant
Poem Aliases
Davenant. Philosopher's Disquisition.
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