| John Dryden (1631–1700). The Poems of John Dryden. 1913. | | | | Elegies and Epitaphs | | Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore |
| | | FAIR, 1 Kind, and True, a Treasure each alone, | |
| A Wife, a Mistress, and a Friend in one, | |
| Rest in this Tomb, rais’d at thy Husband’s cost, | |
| Here sadly summing, what he had, and lost. | |
| Come Virgins, ere in equal Bands ye join, | 5 |
| Come first and offer at her Sacred Shrine; | |
| Pray but for half the Vertues of this Wife, | |
| Compound for all the rest with longer Life; | |
| And wish your Vows, like hers, may be return’d, | |
| So Lov’d when Living, and when Dead so Mourn’d. | 10 |
| | | Note 1. Text from the Monument in Twickenham Church. [back] | | |
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