Death & Dying

Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 9

by Francis Quarles 1592–1644

From Divine Poems (1633), Funerall Elegies

Death & Dying

I Wondred not to heare so brave an end,
Because I knew, who made it, could contend
With death, and conquer, and in open chace
Would spit defiance in his conquered face;
And did: Dauntlesse he trod him underneath,
To shew the weaknesse of unarmed death:
Nay, had report, or niggard Fame denyde
His name, it had beene knowne 'twas Ailmer dyde
It was no wonder, to heare rumor tell,
That he which dyde so oft, once dyde so well:
Great Lord of life, how hath thy dying breath
Made man, whō death had conquerd, cōquer death

MLA

Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 9.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/680/.

Chicago

Quarles, Francis. “Funerall Elegies: Eleg. 9.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/quarles/680/.

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