Edward, Lord Herbert of Chirbury. Epitaph on Sir Edward Sackville's Child, who died in his Birth.

Epitaph on Sir Edward Saquevile's
Child, who dyed in his Birth.

by Edward, Lord Herbert of Chirbury

Reader, here lies a Child that never cry'd,
                And therefore never dy'd.
                'Twas neither old nor yong,
Born to this and the other world in one :
                Let us them cease to mone,*
Nothing that ever dy'd hath liv'd so long.

* Moan.

Transcribed and coded by Anniina Jokinen from the Scolar Press
Facsimile of Occasional Verses of Edward Lord Herbert (1665)
Bodleian Library. Shelf-mark: Bliss. A.98. Wing H1508.
Transcription and code copyright ©2002 Anniina Jokinen.

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