Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH ON MRS. EL: Y, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Underneath this stone there lies Last Line: In a stone her worth. Farewell! Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
UNDERNEATH this stone there lies More of beauty than are eyes; Or to read that she is gone, Or alive to gaze upon. She in so much fairness clad, To each grace a virtue had; All her goodness cannot be Cut in marble. Memory Would be useless, ere we tell In a stone her worth. Farewell! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RICHARD BONE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AN EPITAPH, INTENDED FOR HIMSELF by JAMES BEATTIE EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (1) by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (2) by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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