Death & Dying
Epitaph for Mr Hogarth
From Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett (1855)
Death & Dying
The hand of him here torpid lies,
That drew the essential form of grace;
Here closed in death the attentive eyes,
That saw the manners in the face.
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Johnson, Samuel. “Epitaph for Mr Hogarth.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_samuel/27/.
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