Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON MRS. MARGARET PASTON, by JOHN DRYDEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet Last Line: Now she is gone, the world is of a piece. Variant Title(s): Epitaph On Mrs. Margaret Paston, Of Barningham, In Norfolk Subject(s): Beauty; Death; Youth; Dead, The | ||||||||
So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet, So ripe a Judgment, and so rare a Wit, Require at least an Age in one to meet. In her they met; but long they could not stay, 'Twas Gold too fine to fix without Allay. Heav'n's Image was in her so well exprest, Her very sight upbraided all the rest; Too justly ravish'd from an Age like this, Now she is gone, the World is of a Piece. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY by JOHN DRYDEN A SONG TO A FAIR YOUNG LADY GOING OUT OF TOWN IN THE SPRING by JOHN DRYDEN |
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