Love
Epigram XLIII. To a sad Widow
Translated by Alexander Brome (1664) · From Songs and Other Poems (1664)
Love
While widdow'd wife, for thy drown'd husband thou
Dost with perpetual tears thy cheeks bedew,
Eterniz'd in three graves his happy shade,
In water twice, and once in Earth is laid.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XLIII. To a sad Widow.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/208/.
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Brome, Alexander. “Epigram XLIII. To a sad Widow.” Translated by Alexander Brome. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brome/208/.
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