Death & Dying
An Epitaph on a Prisoner for Debt, who dyed of Feaver in the Counter.
From The Muses Melody in a Consort of Poetrie ([1680?])
Death & Dying
HEre falls the trophie of a rich man's pride,
Who by a Creditor was crucified:
The Goal became his Cross, a Feavers flashes
Design'd his Death, his Altar, and his Ashes:
Therefore a Gamester lies under this Tyle,
To whom the Counter prov'd both Cross and Pyle
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Jordan, Thomas. “An Epitaph on a Prisoner for Debt, who dyed of Feaver in the Counter.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/107/.
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Jordan, Thomas. “An Epitaph on a Prisoner for Debt, who dyed of Feaver in the Counter.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/jordan/107/.
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