Love
Epigram XXI. On Phillis Tears
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
Love
When Phillis comes t'her husbands grave, she brings
No garlands, nor with Odorif'rous things
Sprinkles the ground: only her tears doth shed
Upon the grave, wherein her joy was laid.
The flowers do straight spring up, as if she had power
To ripen with her eyes, and moysten with her showre.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXI. On Phillis Tears.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/186/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XXI. On Phillis Tears.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/186/.
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