Death & Dying

Epigram 27. An Epitaph on Mrs. M. H

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Death & Dying

Here lies a body whose soul went hence
Fuller of Glory then Innocence:
What her life wanted to make high
Her worth, she wrought when she did die:
And now when all her fight is done,
Her Foes must say that she hath won.
Let her faults perish with her breath,
And none think of her life, but death.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 27. An Epitaph on Mrs. M. H.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/70/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 27. An Epitaph on Mrs. M. H.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/70/.

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