Here lies poor Ned Purdon from misery freed
- DMI number:
- 34909
- First Line:
- Here lies poor Ned Purdon from misery freed
- Last Line:
- I don't think he'll ever come back
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Quatrain abcb and Mock epitaph
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Lonsdale (1969): 663-4.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol 2] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Edm. Purdon, an Author.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- The Muse's Mirrour. Being a Collection of Poems [vol I] [ECCO] [ESTC N10300]
- Page No(s):
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- The following Extempore was written on the death of Mr. Edward Purdon, formerly of Trinity-college, Dublin
- Attribution:
- by Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- Title:
- The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol I] [T124632] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- The following Extempore was written on the death of Mr. Edward Purdon, formerly of Trinity-college, Dublin
- Attribution:
- by Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
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