Social Commentaries
Epig. de Mons. de Bensaurade
Translated by Charles Cotton (1689) · From Poems on Several Occasions (1689)
Social Commentaries
Here lies a great load of extr'ordinary merit,
Who taught us to know ere he did hence depart,
That a Man may well live without any Heart,
And die (which is strange!) without rend'ring his Spirit.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Mons. de Bensaurade.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/262/.
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Cotton, Charles. “Epig. de Mons. de Bensaurade.” Translated by Charles Cotton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cotton/262/.
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