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Epitaphium Testamentarium[462:1]

Linenotes:

learned] learned L. S.

recreant] recreant L. S., 1828, 1829.

his] his L. S.

shall] will L. S., 1828, 1829.

th' approaching] the coming L. S.

Τὸ τοῦ ἜΣΤΗΣΕ τοῦ ἐπιθανοῦς Epitaphium testamentarium αὐτόγραφον.

Quae linquam, aut nihil, aut nihili, aut vix sunt mea. Sordes
Do Morti: reddo caetera, Christe! tibi.

1826.

Ἔρως ἀεὶ λάληθρος ἑταῖρος

In many ways does the full heart reveal
The presence of the love it would conceal;
But in far more th' estrangéd heart lets know
The absence of the love, which yet it fain would shew.

1826.