Death & Dying

Armelins Epitaph

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

Death & Dying

NEare to this Eglantine
Enclosed lies the milke-white Armeline;
Once Cloris only joy,
Now only her annoy,
Who envied was of the most happy Swaines
That keep their Flocks in Mountaines, Dales, or Plains:
For oft she bore the wanton in her Arme,
And oft her Bed, and Bosome did he warme;
Now when unkinder Fates did him destroy,
Blest Dog he had the Grace,
That Cloris for him wet with teares her Face.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Armelins Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/108/.

Chicago

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “Armelins Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/108/.

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