History & Politics
Epigram XXXVI. On a poor and sick Man
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
History & Politics
When age and sickness did upon me seise,
Of age none could, of want none would me ease.
With palsy'd limbs, I to my grave did go,
And there did end my want and sickness too:
The lawes of fate preposterously were plac'd;
I found my grave at first, my death at last.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXXVI. On a poor and sick Man.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/201/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXXVI. On a poor and sick Man.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/201/.
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