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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IL IMMATURO; EPITAPH, by THOMAS FLATMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Brave youth, whose too too hasty fate
Last Line: And this cold stone had ne'er said, here he lies.
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Youth; Dead, The
First Line: Brave youth, whose too too hasty fate
Last Line: And this cold stone had ne'er said, here he lies.
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Youth; Dead, The
BRAVE Youth, whose too too hasty fate
His glories did anticipate,
Whose active soul had laid the great design
To emulate those Heroes of his line!
He show'd the world how great a man
Might be contracted to a span;
How soon our teeming expectations fail,
How little tears and wishes can prevail:
Could life hold out with these supplies
He'd liv'd still in his parents' eyes,
And this cold stone had ne'er said, Here he lies.
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