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