On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke
1588-1643
Epitaphs
UNDERNEATH this sable herse
Lies the subject of all verse:
Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother:
Death, ere thou hast slain another
Fair and learn'd and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.
DayPoems Poem No. 246
<a href="http://www.daypoems.net/poems/246.html">On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke by William Browne, of Tavistock</a>
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