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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: 19, by MARGARET SACKVILLE Poet's Biography
First Line: Humbly I lived but very proudly died
Last Line: He left, but folded me beneath his wings.
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Dead, The
First Line: Humbly I lived but very proudly died
Last Line: He left, but folded me beneath his wings.
Subject(s): Death; Epitaphs; Dead, The
Humbly I lived but very proudly died:
Death's chosen! Can you wonder at my pride?
Philosophers and Heroes, Saints and Kings,
He left, but folded me beneath his wings.
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