Death & Dying
On Henry Bolings
From Poems, ed. O. Gilchrist (1807)
Death & Dying
If gentleness could tame the Fates, or wit
Deliver man, Bolings had not di’d yet;
But One which over us in judgment sits,
Doth say our sins are stronger than our wits.
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MLA
Corbet, Richard. “On Henry Bolings.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/26/.
Chicago
Corbet, Richard. “On Henry Bolings.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/26/.
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