History & Politics
Epigram ("In digging up your bones Tom")
From Epigrams and Jeux d'Esprit
History & Politics
In digging up your bones, Tom Paine,
Will. Cobbett has done well:
You visit him on Earth again,
He'll visit you in Hell.
or--
You come to him on Earth again
He'll go with you to Hell!
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Codex Note
January 2, 1820. First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, ii. 295.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epigram ("In digging up your bones Tom").” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/244/.
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Byron, George Gordon, Lord. “Epigram ("In digging up your bones Tom").” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/byron/244/.
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