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
- Author:
- Aphra Behn
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Todd (1992) I: 181. Miscellany ID 1641 provides sole authority for this attribution.
- 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
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