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AN EPITAPH ON MR.WM. HOPTON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: READER, STAY, AND READ A TRUTH
Last Line: BACK AGAIN, AND SLEEP WITH HIM.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; HOPTON, WILLIAM (D. 1591);

READER, stay, and read a truth:
Here lies Hopton, goodness, youth.
Drop a tear, and let it be
True as thou would'st wish for thee;
Shed one more, thou best of souls;
Those two tears shall be new poles:
By the first we'll sail and find
Those lost jewels of his mind;
By the latter we will swim
Back again, and sleep with him.



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