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This little silent gloomy monument

DMI number:
41856
First Line:
This little silent gloomy monument
Last Line:
Spread their gay wings before the throne and smile
Poem Genre / Form:
Epitaph and Couplet
Themes:
Children, Death, and Heaven
Related People
Author:
Aphra Behn
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Todd (1992) I: 181. Miscellany ID 1641 provides sole authority for this attribution.
Content/Publication
Title:
Miscellany, being a collection of poems by several hands [ESTC R3358] [EEBO]
Page No(s):
pp.257-258
Poem Title:
Epitaph On the Tombstone of a Child, the last of Seven that died before
Attribution:
By Mrs. A. B.
Attributed To:
Aphra Behn