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EPITAPH ON TOM D'URFEY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "HERE LYES THE LYRICK, WHO WITH TALE AND SONG"
Last Line: "HIS SONG HAS ENDED, AND HIS TALE HAS TOLD"
Subject(s): "D'URFEY, THOMAS (1653-1723);EPITAPHS;"
Here lyes the @3Lyrick@1, who with Tale and Song,
Did Life to threescore Years and ten prolong:
His Tale was pleasant, and his Song was sweet;
His Heart was chearful -- but his Thirst was great.
Grieve, Reader, grieve, that he, too soon grown old,
His Song has ended, and his Tale has told.


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