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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Epitaph: ‘Here lies a piece of Christ’

Robert Wild (1609–1679)

HERE lies a piece of Christ; a star in dust;

A vein of gold; a china dish that must

Be used in heaven, when God shall feast the just.