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Poem by Ben Jonson


Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke


UNDERNEATH this sable herse
Lies the subject of all verse.
Sidney’s sister, Pembroke’s mother;
Death! ere thou hast slain another,
Learn’d and fair and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.



Ben Jonson


Ben Jonson's other poems:
  1. A Hymn to God the Father
  2. To Censorious Courtling
  3. On Poet-Ape
  4. Hymn to the Belly
  5. To Francis Beaumont


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