Death & Dying
Epigram 9. An Epitaph on my younger Brother Mr. Thomas Cokaine, who died at Bath about the 18th year of his age, and lyes there Buried
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Passenger stay, and (though thou art
Of Flint) weep e're thou dost depart:
For underneath this stone lies he
Who was Heavens Epitome.
Mourn, if thy Friend, that he did take
His flight so soon, and thee forsake:
Or (if a stranger to his worth)
That he unknown to thee went forth.
What old men are so long about,
He learn't to do e're he went out;
The Art of dying well: And so
May all by him. Now thou mai'st go.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 9. An Epitaph on my younger Brother Mr. Thomas Cokaine, who died at Bath about the 18th year of his age, and lyes there Buried.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/52/.
Chicago
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 9. An Epitaph on my younger Brother Mr. Thomas Cokaine, who died at Bath about the 18th year of his age, and lyes there Buried.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/52/.
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