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Poem
March 28, 1777
The Virginia Gazette
Williamsburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A humorous short sermon on mortality, structured around Job 5:7, dividing man's life into ingress (naked birth), progress (troubled existence), and egress (unknown death), concluding with a moral rhyme on doing well for a good afterlife.
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A short SERMON on MORTALITY.
EXT---Job. v. 7. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
I shall divide the discourse into, and consider it under, the three following heads.
First. Man's ingress into the world.
Secondly. Progress through the world.
Thirdly and lastly. His egress out of the world.
And first. Man's ingress into the world is naked and bare.
Secondly. His progress through the world is trouble and care.
Third and lastly. His egress out of the world is nobody knows where.
To conclude,
"If we do well here, we shall be well there;
I can tell you no more, if I preach a whole year!"
EXT---Job. v. 7. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.
I shall divide the discourse into, and consider it under, the three following heads.
First. Man's ingress into the world.
Secondly. Progress through the world.
Thirdly and lastly. His egress out of the world.
And first. Man's ingress into the world is naked and bare.
Secondly. His progress through the world is trouble and care.
Third and lastly. His egress out of the world is nobody knows where.
To conclude,
"If we do well here, we shall be well there;
I can tell you no more, if I preach a whole year!"
What sub-type of article is it?
Epigram
Satire
What themes does it cover?
Death Mourning
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Mortality
Life Troubles
Moral Sermon
Job Verse
Afterlife
Poem Details
Title
A Short Sermon On Mortality.
Subject
On Mortality
Key Lines
"If We Do Well Here, We Shall Be Well There;
I Can Tell You No More, If I Preach A Whole Year!"