Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AN EPITAPH ON MR.WM. HOPTON, by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reader, stay, and read a truth Last Line: Back again, and sleep with him. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) VISIONS: 4. A ROSE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) VISIONS: 5 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) WELCOME by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) A ROUND by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AMOUR by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY OF HENRY, PRINCE OF WALES by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM HOPTON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON SIR THOMAS OVERBURY; POISONED IN THE TOWER OF LONDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) AN ELEGY ON THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF PEMBROKE by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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