Underneath this sable hearse
First Line | Underneath this sable hearse |
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Author | William Browne |
Subject | Mary Sidney Herbert |
Date | c1621 |
Description | Epitaph [Death, afterlife; Family]. Transcribed from A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. 2nd ed., vol. 1, London, 1735. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Gale|CW0111110409. |
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Transcription
Underneath this sable hearse,
Lies the subject of all verse,
Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother.
Death, ere thou hast kill'd another,
Fair, and learned, good, as she,
Time shall throw his dart at thee.
Beinecke Osborn c481
Title | Select and Miscellaneous Poems, Scraps, Mottos &c. |
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Period | 1761-1790 |
Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 53
Local title: Epitaph on Sir Henry Sidney's lady who died Sepr. 25th 1621 buried in Salisbury church.
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Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 40
Title | Untitled |
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Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
Archive | Bodleian Library |
f. 38; item #95
Local title: Epitaph on the right Honourable Mary Countess Dowager of Pembroke.
Attributed author: n/a
Other variants: Undeneath this sable Hearse; Underneath this marble Hearse
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