View not this spire by measure given
- DMI number:
- 24886
- First Line:
- View not this spire by measure given
- Last Line:
- While deathless charity remains
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Alternate rhyme [ababcdcd...]
- Themes:
- Architecture / buildings and Charity
- Author:
- Matthew Prior
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Wright and Spears I: 439-40.
- Title:
- Sepulchrorum Inscriptiones: Or a curious collection of above 900 of the most remarkable epitaphs [vol II] [T55764] [gb]
- Page No(s):
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- Engraven on a Pillar in the Church of Halstead, burnt down; and rebuilt by Samuel Tusk Esq;
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- Title:
- A collection of select epigrams in which are many originals never before printed by the most eminent hands [T124651]
- Page No(s):
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- CCCXII. Engraven on a Column in the Church of Halstead in Essex, the Spire of which, burnt down by Lightning, was rebuilt at the Expence of Mr. Samuel Firke, 1717.
- Attribution:
- M. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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