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EPIGRAM ON THE COUNTESS OF SOMERSET'S PICTURE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE PITIED FORTUNE MOST MEN CHIEFLY HATE
Last Line: SHOULD QUICKLY FALL IN LOVE WITH MISERY.
Subject(s): HOWARD, FRANCES (D. 1632); PORTRAITS;

THE pitied fortune most men chiefly hate,
And rather think the envied fortunate:
Yet I, if Misery did look as she,
Should quickly fall in love with Misery.



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