Erm....

[hmmm_tea]

Just found this quote in a book

All love at first, like generous wine,
Ferments and frets until 'tis fine

Samuel Butler 1692-1680

I've never heard of anyone who died before they were born before...

Comments

[mair_in_grenderich]

that's usually called a miscarriage.

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

hmmm, ok

I'll rephrase that then...

I've never heard of anyone who died before they were conceived!

[hmmm-tea.livejournal.com]

That is obviously assuming we're not talking about a 12 year pregnancy here...

[beafarhana.livejournal.com]

But in my home village, there's a there's a gravestone in the old churchyard that shows the date of death of the incumbent as 31st February, so anything's possible.

[herculesmusic.livejournal.com]

Maybe it was B.C.?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

Somewhat unlikely to have been writing poetry in Modern English in that case l-)

[herculesmusic.livejournal.com]

Still, it really is the only logical explanation...maybe he was seminal.