Death & Dying
Intended for Sir Isaac Newton, in Westminster Abbey
From Epitaphs
Death & Dying
ISAACUS NEWTONUS:
QUEM IMMORTALEM
TESTANTUR TEMPUS, NATURA, COELUM:
MORTALEM
Hoc Marmor Fatetur.
Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night
God said, Let Newton be! and all was light.
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MLA
Pope, Alexander. “Intended for Sir Isaac Newton, in Westminster Abbey.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/48/.
Chicago
Pope, Alexander. “Intended for Sir Isaac Newton, in Westminster Abbey.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pope/48/.
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