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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (3), by THOMAS CAREW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: The purest soule that e're was sent
Last Line: Of room to lodge th' inhabitant.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Epitaphs; Death - Babies
First Line: The purest soule that e're was sent
Last Line: Of room to lodge th' inhabitant.
Subject(s): Death - Children; Epitaphs; Death - Babies
The purest soul that e'er was sent
Into a clayey tenement
Informed this dust, but the weak mould
Could the great guest no longer hold;
The substance was too pure, the flame
Too glorious, that thither came:
Ten thousand Cupids brought along
A grace on each wing, that did throng
For place there, till they all oppressed
The seat in which they sought to rest;
So the fair model broke, for want
Of room to lodge th' inhabitant.
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