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Life's taper thou presents to me

DMI number:
43290
First Line:
Life's taper thou presents to me
Last Line:
But I gain immortal life by death
Poem Genre / Form:
Argument / prefatory poem, Epitaph, and Couplet
Themes:
Death and God
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects. the second edition [ESTC R9864]
Page No(s):
p.vii
Poem Title:
Verses for a Monument of Twin-Infants whereof, the last born dy'd first. The Device thus; the Elder points to a Death's-Head. The Younger is supposed to speak.
Attribution:
Mr. Tate
Attributed To:
Nahum Tate