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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Underneath this sable [or, marble] hearse Last Line: Both her mourner and her tomb. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Variant Title(s): On The Countess Dowager Of Pembroke;subject Of All Verse;elegy;on The Death Of Marie, Countess Of Pembroke Subject(s): Death; Herbert, Mary Sidney (1561-1621); Herbert, William, 3d Earl Of Pembroke; Sidney, Sir Philip (1554-1586); Dead, The; Pembroke, Countess Of; Sidney, Mary (1561-1621); Dudley, Mary | |||
Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse: Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere thou hast slain another Fair and learn'd and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. Marble piles let no man raise To her name; for after days Some kind woman born as she Reading this, like Niobe Shall turn marble, and become Both her mourner and her tomb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO DELIA: DEDICATORY SONNET TO LADY MARY, COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by SAMUEL DANIEL THE AUTHORS DREAME TO THE LADY MARIE, COUNTESSE DOWAGER OF PEMBROOKE by AEMILIA (BASSANO) LANYER THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH by ROSANNA WARREN THE FAERIE QUEENE: DEDICATORY SONNET.. COUNTESSE OF PEMBROKE by EDMUND SPENSER |
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