Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON JAMES CRAGGS, ESQ.; IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY, by ALEXANDER POPE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Statesman, yet friend to truth! Of soul sincere Last Line: Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the muse he lov'd. Subject(s): Craggs, James (1657-1721); Westminster Abbey | ||||||||
JACOBUS CRAGGS REGI MAGNAE BRITANNIAE A SECRETIS ET CONSILIIS SANCTIORIBUS, PRINCIPIS PARITER AC-POPULI AMOR & DELICIAE: VIXIT TITULIS ET INVIDIA MAJOR, ANNOS HEU PAUCOS, XXXV. OB. FEB. XVI. M DCC XX. Statesman, yet Friend to Truth! of Soul sincere, In Action faithful, and in Honour clear! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no Title, and who lost no Friend, Ennobled by Himself, by All approv'd, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd, by the Muse he lov'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by JOHN BETJEMAN ON SIR PALMES FAIRBORNE'S TOMB, IN WESTERMINSTER ABBEY by JOHN DRYDEN ON FIRST ENTERING WESTMINSTER ABBEY by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY EPITAPH FOR ONE WHO WOULD NOT BE BURIED IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALEXANDER POPE SIR JOHN FRANKLIN; ON THE CENTOTAPH IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by ALFRED TENNYSON ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT [IN WESTMINSTER] by SAMUEL WESLEY IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH POET'S CORNER by ALFRED AUSTIN IN POET'S CORNER by EDMUND WILLIAM GOSSE A FAREWELL TO LONDON IN THE YEAR 1715 by ALEXANDER POPE |
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