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.

1. A Hymn to God the Father
2. On Poet-Ape
3. To Censorious Courtling
4. His Supposed Mistress
5. To Francis Beaumont

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