Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 2 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Epitaph II: On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke

Underneath this sable herse

Lies the subject of all verse:

Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother:

Death, ere thou hast slain another

Fair and learn'd and good as she,

Time shall throw a dart at thee.

— William Browne of Tavistock
1588-1643   


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