Death & Dying

Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick

by Robert Stephen Hawker 1803–1875

From The Poetical Works (1899)

Death & Dying

Rose of the world ! thy tender bloom
Will live no more in earthly bower,
The grave hath drank the sweet perfume
Which once was thine, thou lovely flower !

Yet thou hast left this place of tears,
To breathe in sweetness purer air,
For thou shalt bloom in happier spheres,
And none shall steal thy fragrance there !

MLA

Hawker, Robert Stephen. “Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/151/.

Chicago

Hawker, Robert Stephen. “Translation of an Epitaph on Rosa, Countess of Warwick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hawker_rs/151/.

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