Ben Jonson


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 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.


XV. — 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.


  Mary (Sidney) Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
Mary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
Source:
Jonson, Ben.  The Works of Ben Jonson.
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Co., 1853. 815.
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