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JEUX D'ESPRIT AND MINOR POEMS, 1798-1824
EPITAPH ON JOHN ADAMS, OF SOUTHWELL, A CARRIER, WHO DIED OF DRUNKENNESS
ОглавлениеJohn Adams lies here, of the parish of Southwell,
A Carrier who carried his can to his mouth well;
He carried so much and he carried so fast,
He could carry no more – so was carried at last;
For the liquor he drank being too much for one,
He could not carry off; – so he's now carri-on.
September, 1807.
[First published, Letters and Journals, 1830, i. 106.]
