Death & Dying
Epitaph on the Lady Mary Villers.
Death & Dying
THe Lady Mary Villers lyes
Vnder this stone; with weeping eyes
The Parents that first gave her birth,
And their sad Friends, lay'd her in earth:
If any of them (Reader) were
Knowne unto thee, shed a teare,
Or if thyselfe possesse a gemme,
As deare to thee, as this to them;
Though a stranger to this place,
Bewayle in theirs, thine owne hard case;
For thou perhaps at thy returne
May est find thy Darling in an Vrne.
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Carew, Thomas. “Epitaph on the Lady Mary Villers.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/carew/55/.
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Carew, Thomas. “Epitaph on the Lady Mary Villers.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/carew/55/.
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