Poetry Explorer


Classic and Contemporary Poetry


UPON THE DEATH OF SIR ALBERT MORTON'S WIFE by MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS

First Line: HE FIRST DECEASED; SHE FOR A LITTLE TRIED
Last Line: TO LIVE WITHOUT HIM, LIKED IT NOT, AND DIED.
Subject(s): LOVE; POETRY & POETS; WIDOWS & WIDOWERS;

He first deceased; she for a little tried
To live without him, liked it not, and died.



Home: PoetryExplorer.net