Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH; ON MRS. MARY DRAPER, by CHARLES COTTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Reader, if thou cast thine eye Last Line: Alive, or 'tis impossible. Subject(s): Epitaphs | ||||||||
I READER, if thou cast thine eye, On this weeping stone below: Know, that under it doth lie One, that never man did know. II Yet of all men full well known By those beauties of her breast: For, of all she wanted none, When Death call'd her to her rest. III Then, the Ladies, if they would Die like her, kind Reader tell, They must strive to be as good Alive, or 'tis impossible. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: RICHARD BONE by EDGAR LEE MASTERS AN EPITAPH, INTENDED FOR HIMSELF by JAMES BEATTIE EPITAPH: IN OBITUM M.S. XO MAIJ, 1614 by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643) EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (1) by THOMAS CAREW EPITAPH ON THE LADY MARY VILLIERS [OR VILLERS] (2) by THOMAS CAREW AN EPITAPH ON M.H. by CHARLES COTTON LAURA SLEEPING; ODE by CHARLES COTTON RESOLUTION OF A POETICAL QUESTION CONCERNING FOUR RURAL SISTERS: 2 by CHARLES COTTON |
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