Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON MR. FRANCIS LEE OF THE TEMPLE, GENT., by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Nature having seen the fates Last Line: And hid it underneath this tomb. Alternate Author Name(s): Browne, William Of Tavistock Subject(s): Epitaphs; Lee, Francis (d. 1637) | ||||||||
NATURE having seen the Fates Give some births untimely dates, And cut off those threads before Half their web was twisted o'er, Which she chiefly had intended With just story should be friended, Underhand she had begun, From those distaffs half way spun, To have made a piece to tarry, As our Edward should, or Harry. But the fatal Sisters spying What a fair work she was plying, Curstly cut it from the loom, And hid it underneath this tomb. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...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) AN ELEGY ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF THOMAS AYLEWORTH, SLAIN AT CROYDON by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) |
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