Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ON A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE, WHO DIED BOTH WITHIN A VERY FEW DAYS, by JOHN HALL (1627-1656)


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ON A GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE, WHO DIED BOTH WITHIN A VERY FEW DAYS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Thrice happy pair! Who had and have
Last Line: The burial but the wedding be.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hall Of Durham, John
Subject(s): Death; Marriage; Dead, The; Weddings; Husbands; Wives


THRICE happy pair! who had and have,
Living, one bed, now dead one grave;
Whose love being equal, neither could
A life unequal wish to hold,
But left a question whether one
Did follow, 'cause her mate was gone,
Or th' other went before to stay,
Till that his fellow came away;
So that one pious tear now must
Besprinkle either parent's dust,
And two great sorrows, jointly run,
And close into a larger one,
Or rather turn to joy, to see
The burial but the wedding be.





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