Death & Dying
Hero's Epitaph
From Lyrics from the Dramatists of the Elizabethan Age, ed. A. H. Bullen (London: Nimmo, 1889)
Death & Dying
Done to death by slanderous tongues
Was the Hero that here lies;
Death, in guerdon of her wrongs,
Gives her fame which never dies:
So the life that died with shame,
Lives in death with glorious fame.
Cite this poem
MLA
Shakespeare, William. “Hero's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/195/.
Chicago
Shakespeare, William. “Hero's Epitaph.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shakespeare/195/.
Read this poem with the Codex →