Death & Dying
His Epitaph
From Carolina, or Loyal Poems (1683)
Death & Dying
TRue Fame, from Envy, takes no wrong;
Where Merit is, Stones find a Tongue.
And this declares—Here lies inclos'd
A Body, was so well compos'd
For strength, and beauty; none could find
An equal to it, but his Mind.
Heav'n has his Soul, the World his Fame;
We only can his Body claim.
Death (that great Chymist) has refin'd
The Oare, and left the Dross behind.
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Shipman, Thomas. “His Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shipman/58/.
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Shipman, Thomas. “His Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shipman/58/.
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