THE FUNERAL OF CALAMITY, by MARGARET LUCAS CAVENDISHPoet'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.