Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900/On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke

by William Browne

For other versions of this work, see 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.

 

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