The modest stone that few marbles can

DMI number:

39617

First Line:

The modest stone that few marbles can

Last Line:

Thanked heaven that he had lived and that he died

Poem Genre / Form:

Epitaph and Couplet

Themes:

Death

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Author:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Twickenham edition VI: 318.

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Content/Publication

Title:

The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, also those of the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinghamshire [T95243]

Page No(s):

p.178

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mr. Fenton, 1730.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope