Death & Dying
An Elegie Upon These Elegies
From Natures Embassie (1621)
Death & Dying
Let fond Leander warne thee, to remaine
Upon the Riuer banke in safetie:
Let Piramus rash fact thy hand restraine,
Too deare costs Loue, mix'd with such crueltie:
Lastly, let Dido warne thee by her end,
To trie that Guest thou makes thy bosome friend.
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MLA
Brathwaite, Richard. “An Elegie Upon These Elegies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/82/.
Chicago
Brathwaite, Richard. “An Elegie Upon These Elegies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brathwaite/82/.
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