Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET TO SIR WILLIAM ALEXANDER; WITH THE AUTHOR'S EPITAPH, by WILLIAM DRUMMOND OF HAWTHORNDEN


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First Line: Though I have twice been at the doors of death
Last Line: The murmuring esk: -- may roses shade the place.
Alternate Author Name(s): Drummond, William
Variant Title(s): From A Cypress Grove
Subject(s): Alexander, Sir William (1567-1640); Poetry & Poets; Sickness; Illness


Though I have twice been at the doors of death,
And twice found shut those gates which ever mourn,
This but a light'ning is, truce ta'en to breathe,
For late-born sorrows augur fleet return.

Amidst thy sacred cares, and courtly toils,
Alexis, when thou shalt hear wandering fame
Tell, Death hath triumph'd o'er my mortal spoils,
And that on earth I am but a sad name;

If thou e'er held me dear, by all our love,
By all that bliss, those joys heaven here us gave,
I conjure thee, and by the maids of Jove,
To grave this short remembrance on my grave:

Here Damon lies, whose songs did sometime grace
The murmuring Esk: -- may roses shade the place.





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