Here continueth to rot
- DMI number:
- 13472
- First Line:
- Here continueth to rot
- Last Line:
- Of how small estimation is exorbitant wealth in the sight of god by his bestowing it on the most unworthy of all mortals
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Satire, Blank verse, and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death, Scandal / fame / notoriety, and Virtue / vice
- Dedicatee:
- Francis [Francis Chartres] Charteris
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Arbuthnot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- ODNB entry for Francis Charteris mentions this epitaph (doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5175).
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T202849]
- Page No(s):
- pp.52-54
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- Miscellanies. The last volume [ECCO] [T229756]
- Page No(s):
- pp.[37]-38
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A Supplement to Dr. Swift's and Mr. Pope's Works [ECCO] [T48930]
- Page No(s):
- p.315
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Arbuthnot [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- Title:
- The art of poetry on a new plan [vol I] [ESTC T56146] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dr. Arbuthnot
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
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