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FOR A BRIDE WHO DIED ON HER WEDDING DAY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: That morn which saw me made a bride
Last Line: Supply'd the epithalamie.
Alternate Author Name(s): Meleagros
Variant Title(s): Upon A Maid That Dyed The Day She Was Marryed
Subject(s): Death; Marriage; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


That Morne which saw me made a Bride,
The Ev'ning witnest that I dy'd.
Those holy lights, wherewith they guide
Unto the bed the bashfull Bride;
Serv'd, but as Tapers, for to burne,
And light my Reliques to their Urne.
This Epitaph, which here you see,
Supply'd the Epithalamie.





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