Death & Dying

On my friends picture, who died in travel

by Phineas Fletcher 1582–1650

From Poeticall Miscellanies (1633)

Death & Dying

THough now to heav'n thy travels are confin'd,
Thy wealth, friends, life, and countrey, all are lost;
Yet in this picture we thee living finde;
And thou with lesser travel, lesser cost,
Hast found new life, friends, wealth, and better coast:
So by thy death thou liv'st, by losse thou gain'st,
And in thy absence present still remain'st.

MLA

Fletcher, Phineas. “On my friends picture, who died in travel.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_p/37/.

Chicago

Fletcher, Phineas. “On my friends picture, who died in travel.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher_p/37/.

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