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Title: To his friend under affliction
Author: Pomfret, John
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, on the universality of human suffering and its advantages in
teaching humility and wisdom to those with a patient mind dedicated to God
Title: To another friend under affliction
Author: Pomfret, John
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: On the difficulty of applying philosophy or reason in time of suffering, in
consequence advising a friend to see his affliction in the context of the
teachings of religion and experience
Title: A prospect of death
Author: Pomfret, John
Date(s): 1702 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: On the inevitability of death and the uncertainty of the fate of the soul,
describing in detail the suffering of the dying man surrounded by friends and
relatives. Omits the final, 10th strophe, save for four altered lines.