Within this little urn the bones remain
- DMI number:
- 14302
- First Line:
- Within this little urn the bones remain
- Last Line:
- Of him whom all the world could not contain
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epigram, Epitaph, and Couplet
- Themes:
- Ancient history[Alexander the Great], Death, and Scandal / fame / notoriety
- Author:
- John Morrice
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- See Thomas Mautner, 'An Unknown Author', Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies Vol. 32 No. 2 (2009), 173-196, 183.
- Title:
- Original and genuine letters sent to the Tatler and Spectator [T147412] [vol. 2]
- Page No(s):
- p.305
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph on Alexander the Great.
- Attribution:
- R. D.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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