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Forever sacred be this place

DMI number:
29585
First Line:
Forever sacred be this place
Last Line:
And robbed thy mate of rest
Poem Genre / Form:
Octet ababcdcd, Imitation / translation / paraphrase, and Epitaph
Themes:
Death and Mythology
Content/Publication
Title:
Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
Page No(s):
p.375
Poem Title:
On Hyperanthe, drown'd, but buried in the Island of Lesbos, engrav'd upon her Tomb-stone by Hippothous, her Lover.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed