Death & Dying
An Epitaph on Niobe turned to Stone.
Death & Dying
THis Pile thou seest built out of Flesh, not Stone,
Contains no shroud within, nor mouldring bone:
This bloodless Trunk is destitute of Tombe
Which may the Soul-fled Mansion enwombe.
This seeming Sepulchre (to tell the troth)
Is neither Tomb nor Body, and yet both.
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MLA
King, Henry. “An Epitaph on Niobe turned to Stone.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/king/9/.
Chicago
King, Henry. “An Epitaph on Niobe turned to Stone.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/king/9/.
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