Poem by Francis Beaumont

* * *

Lay a garland on my hearse,
   Of the dismal yew,
Maidens, willow branches bear,
   Say I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
   From my hour of birth;
Upon my buried body lie
   Lightly, gentle earth.

1. Ad Comitissam Rutlandiæ
2. To My Friend Mr. John Fletcher, upon His Faithful Sheperdess
3. In Laudem Authoris
4. Mr. Francis Beaumont's Letter to Ben Jonson
5. To the True Patroness of All Poetry, Calliope

Print

1222 Views

Last Poems

To Russian version