Death & Dying
Tray's Epitaph
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language (ed. James Parton)
Death & Dying
Here rest the relics of a friend below,
Blest with more sense than half the folks I know:
Fond of his ease, and to no parties prone,
He damn'd no sect, but calmly gnaw'd his bone;
Perform'd his functions well in ev'ry way-
Blush, CHRISTIANS, if you can, and copy Tray.
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “Tray's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/28/.
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John Wolcot (Peter Pindar). “Tray's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wolcot/28/.
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