Death & Dying
Epitaph on Mr. Chester, of Chicheley
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Death & Dying
Tears flow, and cease not, where the good man lies,
Till all who knew him follow to the skies.
Tears therefore fall where Chester's ashes sleep;
Him wife, friends, brothers, children, servants weep--
And justly--few shall ever him transcend
As husband, parent, brother, master, friend.
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MLA
Cowper, William. “Epitaph on Mr. Chester, of Chicheley.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/106/.
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Cowper, William. “Epitaph on Mr. Chester, of Chicheley.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/106/.
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