English poem
For My Own Tombstone
To me 'twas given to die; to thee 'tis given To live: alas! one moment sets us even. Mark! how impartial is the will of Heaven!
More by Matthew Prior
- Erle Robert's Mice. In Chaucer's Style
- Fair Susan Did Her Wif-Hede Well Menteine - In Chaucer's Style
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- For My Own Monument
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- Her Right Name
- Horace, Lib. I, Epist. IX, Imitated. To The Right Honourable Mr. Harley