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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH ON NIOBE TURNED TO STONE, by HENRY KING (1592-1669) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: This pile thou seest built out of flesh, not stone
Last Line: Is neither tomb nor body, and yet both.
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Niobe
First Line: This pile thou seest built out of flesh, not stone
Last Line: Is neither tomb nor body, and yet both.
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Niobe
THIS pile thou seest built out of flesh, not stone,
Contains no shroud within, nor mould'ring bone.
This bloodless trunk is destitute of tomb
Which may the soul-fled mansion enwomb.
This seeming sepulchre (to tell the troth)
Is neither tomb nor body, and yet both.
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