Death & Dying

Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston of Burningham, in Norfolk

by John Dryden 1631–1700

Death & Dying

So fair, so young, so innocent, so sweet,
So ripe a judgment, and so rare a wit,
Require at least an age in one to meet.
In her they met; but long they could not stay,
'Twas gold too fine to mix without allay.
Heaven's image was in her so well express'd,
Her very sight upbraided all the rest;
Too justly ravish'd from an age like this,
Now she is gone, the world is of a piece.

MLA

Dryden, John. “Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston of Burningham, in Norfolk.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/49/.

Chicago

Dryden, John. “Epitaph on Mrs Margaret Paston of Burningham, in Norfolk.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/dryden/49/.

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