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EPITAPH ON THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SUSAN, COUNTESS OF MONTGOMERY by WILLIAM BROWNE (1591-1643)

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOUGH WE TRUST THE EARTH WITH THEE
Last Line: OUTSPEAKS ALL TOMBS, OUTLIVES ALL LIFE.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; HERBERT, SUSAN. COUNTESS OF MONTGOMERY; VERE, SUSAN (D. 1628);

THOUGH we trust the earth with thee,
We will not with thy memory;
Mines of brass or marble shall
Speak nought of thy funeral;
They are verier dust than we,
And do beg a history:
In thy name there is a tomb,
If the world can give it room;
For a Vere and Herbert's wife
Outspeaks all tombs, outlives all life.



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