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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON MR. SIBLEY OF STUDHAM, by NATHANIEL COTTON Poet's Biography First Line: Here lies an honest man! Without pretence Last Line: Where, spite of anstis, rots the garter'd knave. Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Honor; Dead, The | |||
HERE lies an honest man! without pretence To more than prudence, and to common sense; Who knew no vanity, disguise, nor art, Who scorn'd all language foreign to the heart. Diffusive as the light his bounty spread, Cloth'd were the naked, and the hungry fed. 'These be his honours!' honours that disclaim The blazon'd scutcheon, and the herald's fame! Honours! which boast defiance to the grave, Where, spite of Anstis, rots the garter'd knave. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE FIRESIDE by NATHANIEL COTTON EPITAPH ON A LADY, WHO HAD LABOURED UNDER A CANCER by NATHANIEL COTTON |
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