Death & Dying
An Epitaph on William Holorenshaw, the Mathematician
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Death & Dying
Loe, in small closure of this earthly bed
Rests he, that Heav'ns vast motions measured:
Who, having knowne both of the Land and Skie
More than fam'd Archimed or Ptolomy,
Would further presse, and like a Palmer went
With's Iacobs Staffe beyond the Firmament.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on William Holorenshaw, the Mathematician.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/49/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on William Holorenshaw, the Mathematician.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/49/.
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