English Poetry. William Cowper. Epitaphium Alterum. Уильям Купер.

William Cowper (Уильям Купер)

Epitaphium Alterum

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. 

William Cowper’s other poems:

1. The Christian
2. On The High Price Of Fish
3. The Cantab
4. Catharina
5. To Mrs. Newton

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