Gleanings for the Curious From the Harvest Fields of Literature
Gleanings for the Curious From the Harvest Fields of Literature
Charles C Charles Carroll Bombaugh
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'Twas by a fall I caught my death ; No man can tell his time or breath j I might have died as soon as then, If I had had physician men. ON GENERAL WOLFE. On the death of General Wolfe, a premium was offered for the best epitaph on that officer. One of the candidates for the prize sent a poem, of which the following stanza is a specimen : He marched without dread or fears, At the head of his bold grenadiers ; And what was more remarkable nay, very particular He climbed up rocks that were perpend...icular. CHURCHYARD LITERATURE. 589 REBECCA ROGERS, FOLKESTONE, 1688. A house she bath, 'tis made of such good fashion, The tenant ne'er shall pay for reparation; Nor will her landlord ever raise her rent, Or turn her out of doors for non-payment : From chimney-tax this cell's forever free, To such a house, who would not tenant he ? IN DORCHESTER, MASS. 1661. Heare lyes our captaine, and major of Suffolk was withall, A godly magistrate was he, and major generall. Two troops of hors with him here came, such worth his love did crave, Ten companyes of foot also mourning inarcht to his grave.
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