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EPITAPH ON A NEPHEW, IN CATWORTH CHURCH, HUNTINGDONSHIRE by JOHN DRYDEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: STAY, STRANGER, STAY, AND DROP ONE TEAR
Last Line: HIS FATHER'S FIFTH, HER ONLY SON.
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; EPITAPHS; GRIEF; TEARS; DEATH - BABIES; SORROW; SADNESS;
STAY, Stranger, stay, and drop one Tear;
She allways weeps that layd him here;
And will do till her Race is run:
His Father's fifth, her only Son.



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