Think not by rig'rous Judgment seiz'd
| First Line | Think not by rig'rous Judgment seiz'd |
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| Author | Alexander Pope |
| Date | 1717 |
| Description | Epitaph [Love]. Transcribed from Pope, Alexander. "Epitaph." Court poems in two parts compleat..., 1718, p. 26. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0109986444. |
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Transcription
Think not by rig'rous Judgment seiz'd,
A pair so Faithful cou'd expire;
Victims so Pure, Heav'n saw well pleas'd,
And snatch'd them in Cœlestial Fire:
Live well, and fear no sudden Fate;
When God calls Virtue to the Grave,
Alike 'tis Justice, soon or late,
Mercy alike, to kill or save.
Virtue unmov'd, can here the Call,
And face the Flash, that melts the Ball.
Clark MS 1968.002
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
p. 29.
Local title: an Epitaph by mr Pope on two Lovers struck by Lightning.
Attributed author: mr Pope.
Adaptation: n/a
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Folger MS M.a.116
| Title | A Selection of Modern Poems |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 47.
Local title: On Two Lovers who were struck dead by the same flash Lightning.
Attributed author: n/a
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Leeds Brotherton Lt 20
| Title | The Six first Pastorals of Virgil, With Thre [...] |
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| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
p. 127.
Local title: Epitaph made on Two Lovers, struck dead with one Flash of Lightning, as they were at Work in the Fields near Oxford.
Attributed author: Mr. Pope.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a