Versos English William Johnson Cory A Serving Man'S Epitaph

English poem

A Serving Man'S Epitaph

by (1823–1892)

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A slave--oh yes, a slave! But in a freeman's grave. By thee, when work was done, Timanthes, foster-son, By thee whom I obeyed, My master, I was laid. Live long, from trouble free; But if thou com'st to me, Paying to age thy debt, Thine am I, master, yet.