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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH ON THE EARL OF SANDWICH, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Here lies the dust of that illustrious man
Last Line: Lies equal here with england's greatest kings.
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Montagu, Edward. 1st Earl Of Sandwich
First Line: Here lies the dust of that illustrious man
Last Line: Lies equal here with england's greatest kings.
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Montagu, Edward. 1st Earl Of Sandwich
HERE lies the dust of that illustrious man,
That triumph'd o'er the Ocean;
Who for his country nobly courted Death,
And dearly sold his glorious breath,
Or in a word, in this cold narrow grave
Sandwich the Good, the Great, the Brave
(Oh frail estate of sublunary things!),
Lies equal here with England's greatest kings.
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