The ruins of excessive goodness lie
- DMI number:
- 29596
- First Line:
- The ruins of excessive goodness lie
- Last Line:
- And honour is not to live fast but well
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Sestet ababcc and Epitaph
- Themes:
- Death and Virtue / vice
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol I] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- p.384
- Poem Title:
- On a young Lord. Ruined by his too good Nature.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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