Stanzas on mortality : subjoined to the Northampton bills of mortality, for several years / by W. Cowper.
- William Cowper
- Date:
- [1816]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Stanzas on mortality : subjoined to the Northampton bills of mortality, for several years / by W. Cowper. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![STANZAS Subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the Parish OF 0 ALL-SAINTS, NORTHAMPTON. Anno Dom. 1787. r HILE thirteen moons saw smoothly rum- The Nen’s barge-laden wave. Ail these. Life s rambling journey done Have found their home—the grave. Was man Trail always) made more frail Than in foregoing years 1 Did famine or did plague prevail,] That so much death appears ? No. These were vig’rous as their sires. Nor plague nor famine came ; This annual tribute death requires. And never waves his claim. Like crowded forest trees we stand. And some are mark’d to fall; The axe will smite at God’s command. And soon shall smite us all. Green as the bay-tree, ever green With its new foliage on, The gay, and thoughtless, I have seen, l pass’d—and they were gone.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30352721_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
