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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON MRS. ANNE PRIDEAUX, DAUGHTER OF DR. PRIDEAUX, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Nature in this small volume was about
Last Line: Threw dust upon it, and shut up the book
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock
Subject(s): Death - Children; Epitaphs; Prideaux, John (1578-1650); Death - Babies
First Line: Nature in this small volume was about
Last Line: Threw dust upon it, and shut up the book
Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock
Subject(s): Death - Children; Epitaphs; Prideaux, John (1578-1650); Death - Babies
SHE DIED AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS.
NATURE in this small volume was about
To perfect what in woman was left out;
Yet fearful lest a piece so well begun
Might want preservatives, when she had done,
Ere she could finish what she undertook,
Threw dust upon it, and shut up the book
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