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TO A POET ON HIS EPITAPH FOR THE FALLEN, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: Splendidly dying, yet their fame
Last Line: To save their splendour in a rhyme.
Subject(s): Epitaphs


SPLENDIDLY dying, yet their fame
Had fallen to imperious time,
But for the living lips that came
To save their splendour in a rhyme.





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