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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
Content/Publication
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