"[Epitaph on a Child]"

• Archive Work ID: poems.epld
• Uniform Title: "[Epitaph on a Child]" [e-text]
• First Line: Here, freed from pain, secure from misery, lies
• Language: English
• First Published: 1884
• References: Starr/Hendrickson (eds.), Complete Poems (1966), 104; Lonsdale (ed.), Poems (1969), 209-210
• Summary: Written in mid-June 1758 at the request of Thomas Wharton to commemorate his eldest son Robin who died in April 1758. First published in Gosse (ed.), Works (1884), vol. I, 126, from the transcript made by Alexander Dyce.

1 Manuscript:

• • Archive MS ID: mss.0052 (Source: EAD/XML)
  • Title: [untitled]
  • Date: [before 1869]
  • Physical Description: [1?] page; transcript in the hand of Alexander Dyce
  • Language: English
  • Location: Dyce Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), London, UK <http://www.vam.ac.uk/>
  • References: Smith (ed.), Index (1989), item GrT 40, 82
  • Contents: Transcript in the hand of Alexander Dyce, used for first publication.