Death & Dying

An Epitaph of one named Margaret

by William Drummond of Hawthornden 1585–1649

Death & Dying

IN shells, and gold, Pearles are not kept alone,
A Margaret here lies beneath a stone;
A Margaret that did excell in worth
All those rich Gems the Indies both send forth▪
Who had she liv'd when good was lov'd of men,
Had made the Graces foure, the Muses ten,
And forc'd those happy times her daies that claim'd
From her to be the age of Pearle still nam'd;
She was the richest Jewell of her kind,
Grac'd with more lustre than she left behind,
All Goodnesse, vertue, Bounty, and could cheare
The saddest minds, now Nature knowing here
How things but shown, then hidden are lov'd best,
This Margaret 'shrin'd in this marble Chest.

MLA

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “An Epitaph of one named Margaret.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/205/.

Chicago

Drummond, William, of Hawthornden. “An Epitaph of one named Margaret.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/drummond/205/.

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