Death & Dying
Another Epitaph (IV)
Translated by William Cowper · From Translations
Death & Dying
At three-score winters' end I died
A cheerless being, sole and sad,
The nuptial knot I never tied,
And wish my father never had.
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Codex Note
Translated from the Greek.
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Cowper, William. “Another Epitaph (IV).” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/366/.
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Cowper, William. “Another Epitaph (IV).” Translated by William Cowper. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cowper/366/.
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