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If wisdom learning worth demand a tear

DMI number:
34989
First Line:
If wisdom learning worth demand a tear
Last Line:
Laments yet hails thy flight to realms of day
Poem Genre / Form:
Epitaph and Couplet
Themes:
Death and Education[i.e. death of an educated man]
Content/Publication
Title:
Sepulchroum Inscriptiones. Being a curious collection of the most remarkable epitaphs [ESTC P2281]
Page No(s):
p.65
Poem Title:
Epitaph of Lord Monboddo.
Attribution:
By Dr. Tytler.
Attributed To:
Alexander Fraser Tytler