Thursday, January 1, 2004

On The Death Of Mr. Robert Levet, A Practiser In Physic Comments

Rating: 3.2

CONDEMN'D to Hope's delusive mine,
As on we toil from day to day,
By sudden blasts or slow decline
Our social comforts drop away.
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Samuel Johnson
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Anita Sharma 20 October 2015

loved and liked great poem

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Anita Sharma 20 October 2015

lovely poem heartfelt liked and loved

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Grayson Phillips 20 October 2015

amazing poem it shows how he is feeling

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Edward Kofi Louis 20 October 2015

Death broke at once the vital chain! Nice work.

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B D 30 October 2008

the respect for the dead here in this poem, as well as the obvious care that was held in the heart of Johnson, is well addressed. Though Levet was not a real doctor, and was also an alcoholic with an abusive wife, he is seen through the eyes of a holy man as a saint of sorts.

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