Death & Dying
An Epitaph on Master Henry Hopkinson
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Death & Dying
Lo, of old Natures true faith-fastned hearts
Lyes here a Picture, which with loveliest parts
Heavens hand did garnish, and exactly draw
With the quaint lines of Vertue, Art, and Law:
But lest too long it should to view be set,
Laid up his worke, and this the Cabinet.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on Master Henry Hopkinson.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/15/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on Master Henry Hopkinson.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/15/.
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