tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post8011932866107147555..comments2024-03-17T16:32:51.970-04:00Comments on Vast Public Indifference: Where is the Matthew Perkines Gravestone?CDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14390048358391513711noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1462946535883846881.post-49274200328245038242009-04-05T00:06:00.000-04:002009-04-05T00:06:00.000-04:00Wow. Seems like we've begun to depart from the Pur...Wow. Seems like we've begun to depart from the Puritan tradition a bit in the versification.<BR/><BR/>Fascinatingly, <A HREF="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=%22my+lover+friend+familiar+all&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8" REL="nofollow">Google identifies about five gravestones</A>, all from 1770s to 1790s, with that verse, but they are the only citations: no literary source is apparent, and it appears nowhere else. I really wonder where it came from.Robert J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12937384579138400443noreply@blogger.com