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EPITAPH FOR SIR PHILIP SIDNEY, AT ST. PAUL'S WITHOUT A MONUMENT ... by EDWARD HERBERT

First Line: WITHIN THIS CHURCH SIR PHILIP SIDNEY LIES
Last Line: SOULDIERS, THEIR MARTYR; LOVERS, THEIR SAINT.
Subject(s): SIDNEY, SIR PHILIP (1554-1586); ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, LONDON;
Within this church Sir Philip Sidney lies,
Nor is it fit that I should more acquaint,
Lest superstition rise,
And men adore,
Souldiers, their Martyr; Lovers, their Saint.



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