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THE FUNERAL OF CALAMITY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Calamity was laid on sorrow's hearse
Last Line: Poets a monument of fame it gave.
Alternate Author Name(s): Newcastle, Duchess Of; Lucas, Margaret


Calamity was laid on sorrow's hearse,
And coverings had of melancholy verse;
Compassion, a kind of friend, did mourning go,
And tears about the corpse, as flowers, strow;
A garland of deep sighs by Pity made
Upon Calamity's sad corpse was laid;
Bells of complaint did ring it to the grave,
Poets a monument of fame it gave.





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