Thy soul must leave its present house of clay
- DMI number:
- 35259
- First Line:
- Thy soul must leave its present house of clay
- Last Line:
- And to an unknown somewhere wing its way
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Graveyard school, Extract / snippet from longer work, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death, Fate / fortune / providence, and Philosophical enquiry
- Author:
- John Norris
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract w. variants from 'The Meditation'. Norris (1687): 30-31.
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [N24695] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Norris.
- Attributed To:
- John Norris
- Title:
- Solitary walks; to which are added the consolations of religion [T81041] [ECCO]
- Page No(s):
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Norris.
- Attributed To:
- John Norris
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