Death & Dying
To speake well of the dead is charitie
From A Strappado for the Divell (1615)
Death & Dying
To speake well of the dead is charitie,
If thou be then a Christian, taxe not me
Of what I did: (if men, we're prone to fall,)
Speake what is well, or do not speake at all.
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MLA
Brathwaite, Richard. “To speake well of the dead is charitie.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/56/.
Chicago
Brathwaite, Richard. “To speake well of the dead is charitie.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/56/.
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