Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON ELIZABETH, L.H., by BEN JONSON Poet's Biography First Line: Wouldst thou hear what man can say Last Line: Than that it lived at all. Farewell. Subject(s): Coke, Sir Edward (1552-1634); Death; Hatton, Lady Elizabeth (mrs Edward Coke); Dead, The | ||||||||
Wouldst thou hear what man can say In a little? Reader, stay. Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die; Which in life did harbor give To more virtue than doth live. If at all she had a fault, Leave it buried in this vault. One name was Elizabeth; Th' other, let it sleep with death: Fitter, where it died, to tell, Than that it lived at all. Farewell. | Other Poems of Interest...DOUBLE ELEGY by MICHAEL S. HARPER A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CELEBRATION OF CHARIS: 1. HIS EXCUSE FOR LOVING by BEN JONSON |
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