Death & Dying
On Mr. Francis Beaumont, then newly dead
From Poems, ed. O. Gilchrist (1807)
Death & Dying
He that hath such acuteness and such wit
As would aske ten good heads to husband it;
He that can write so well, that no man dare
Refuse it for the best, let him beware:
Beaumont is dead! by whose sole death appears
Wit’s a disease consumes men in few yeares.
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Corbet, Richard. “On Mr. Francis Beaumont, then newly dead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/5/.
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Corbet, Richard. “On Mr. Francis Beaumont, then newly dead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/corbet/5/.
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