Death & Dying

Lines for a Monument of Two Friends

by Edward Jerningham 1737?–1812

From Poems by Mr. Jerningham, a new edition (London: J. Robson, 1796), ECCO-TCP K107811

Death & Dying

CONCORDES animae, quondam dum vita manebat
Nunc quoque conjunctos terra sacrata regit.
THEY whom in life the bond of Friendship bound,
Here in dread union press the funeral ground.

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Jerningham, Edward. “Lines for a Monument of Two Friends.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jerningham/40/.

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