(1637 - 1688 / England)

poet Thomas Flatman

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  • C Asbury (10/2/2005 1:37:00 PM)

    I have an original copy of Flatman's poems dated 1686

    Some details: printed for Benjamin Tooke at thge Ship in St Paul's Church-yard
    Anyone want to discuss?

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The Sad Day

O THE sad day!
When friends shall shake their heads, and say
Of miserable me--
'Hark, how he groans!
Look, how he pants for breath!
See how he struggles with the pangs of death!'
When they shall say of these dear eyes--
'How hollow, O how dim they be!
Mark how his breast doth rise and swell

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