O Death! the poor man's dearest friend,
The kindest and the best!

Robert Burns

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Topic

Death as a blessing Death The poor

Author

Robert Burns

Source

Man Was Made to Mourn

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1784 1780s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Occupation

Poet Writer

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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.

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Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And days o' lang syne?

Robert Burns

Auld Lang Syne

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Topic
Remembering the past

Author

Robert Burns
Source
Auld Lang Syne
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1796 1790s 18th century
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Original Citation

Burns, Robert. Quoted in "Auld Lang Syne." Scots Musical Museum. Written by James Johnson. 1796, st. 1.

Current Citation

Burns, Robert. "Auld Lang Syne." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited by Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.

Another quote from the 1780s

Can I see another's woe,
And not be in sorrows too?
Can I see another's grief,
And not seek for kind relief?

William Blake

Songs of Innocence

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Topic
Empathy Helping others

Author

William Blake
Source
Songs of Innocence
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Question
Language
English
Time
1789 1780s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "On Another's Sorrow." Songs of Innocence. London, 1789.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "On Anothers Sorrow." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.

Another quote about Death

But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead.

John Maynard Keynes

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Topic
The future The long run Economic theory Economics Death

Author

John Maynard Keynes
Source
A Tract on Monetary Reform
Genre
Economic literature
Language
English
Time
1924 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. A Tract on Monetary Reform. MacMillan and Co., 1924, p. 80.

Current Citation

Keynes, John Maynard. "A Tract on Monetary Reform (1923)." The Essential Keynes, edited by Robert Skidelsky. Penguin, 2016.

Another quote from Age of Enlightenment

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign,
And wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

Alexander Pope

The Rape of the Lock

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Topic
Legal system

Author

Alexander Pope
Source
The Rape of the Lock
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1714 1710s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. The Rape of the Lock. London: Bernard Lintott, 1714, canto 3, l. 21.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "The Rape of the Lock." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009, canto 3, I. 21.