Death & Dying
Epitaphium Alterum
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Death & Dying
Hic etiam jacet,
Qui totum novennium vixit,
Puss.
Siste paulisper,
Qui præteriturus es,
Et tecum sic reputa--
Hunc neque canis venaticus,
Nec plumbum missile,
Nec laqueus,
Nec imbres nimii,
Confecêre:
Tamen mortuus est--
Et moriar ego.
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MLA
Cowper, William. “Epitaphium Alterum.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/120/.
Chicago
Cowper, William. “Epitaphium Alterum.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/120/.
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