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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: Stranger, these dear remains contain'd a mind Last Line: His debt to worth, to excellence, and you! Subject(s): Cancer (disease); Death; God; Religion; Women; Dead, The; Theology | |||
STRANGER, these dear remains contain'd a mind As infants guileless, and as angels kind. Ripening for Heav'n, by pains and sufferings tried, To pain superior, and unknown to pride. Calm and serene beneath affliction's rod, Because she gave her willing heart to God! Because she trusted in her Saviour's pow'r, Hence firm and fearless in the dying hour! No venal muse this faithful picture draws, Blest saint! desert like yours extorts applause. Oh! let a weeping friend discharge his due, His debt to worth, to excellence, and you! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MYSTIC BOUNCE by TERRANCE HAYES MATHEMATICS CONSIDERED AS A VICE by ANTHONY HECHT UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN SHINE, PERISHING REPUBLIC by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE COMING OF THE PLAGUE by WELDON KEES A LITHUANIAN ELEGY by ROBERT KELLY THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON COLONEL GARDINER, WHO WAS SLAIN IN BATTLE OF PRESTON PANS by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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