Death & Dying
Here lies John Trot, the Friend of all mankind
From The Rossetti Manuscript (c. 1793–1818)
Death & Dying
Here lies John Trot, the Friend of all mankind:
He has not left one enemy behind.
Friends were quite hard to find, old authors say;
But now they stand in everybody's way.
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MLA
Blake, William. “Here lies John Trot, the Friend of all mankind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/195/.
Chicago
Blake, William. “Here lies John Trot, the Friend of all mankind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blake/195/.
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