Hic etiam jacet,
Qui totum novennium vixit,
Puss.
Siste paulisper,
Qui præteriturus es,
Et tecum sic reputa--
Hunc neque canis venaticus,
Nec plumbum missile,
Nec laqueus,
Nec imbres nimii,
Confecêre:
Tamen mortuus est--
Et moriar ego.
More verses by William Cowper
- A Tale. June 1793
- An Apology For Not Showing Her What I Had Wrote
- In Seditionem Horrendam, Corruptelis Gallicus Ut Fertue, Londini Nuper Exortam
- Dependence
- Epitaph On A Hare