Death & Dying
An Epitaph on the King of Sweden
From Two Bookes of Epigrammes, and Epitaphs (1639), Book I
Death & Dying
HEre lies a sparkling Iem of honor, quencht
In deare effused blood, and sadly drencht
In a salt Ocean of inundant teares:
Yet lofty Fame (in clouds triumphing) beares
His name: that in more heavenly Poems like
Phoebus shall shine, and Austria Planet-strike.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on the King of Sweden.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/59/.
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Bancroft, Thomas. “An Epitaph on the King of Sweden.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bancroft/59/.
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