| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Elizabethan Verse. 1907. | | | | Three Epitaphs upon the Death of a Rare Child of Six Years Old | | By Francis Davison (1575?–1619?) |
| | I WIT’S perfection, Beauty’s wonder, | |
| Nature’s pride, the Graces’ treasure, | |
| Virtue’s hope, his friends’ sole pleasure, | |
| This small marble stone lies under; | |
| Which is often moist with tears | 5 |
| For such loss in such young years. | |
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II Lovely boy! thou art not dead, | |
| But from earth to heaven fled; | |
| For base earth was far unfit | |
| For thy beauty, grace, and wit. | 10 |
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III Thou alive on earth, sweet boy | |
| Hadst an angel’s wit and face; | |
| And now dead thou dost enjoy, | |
| In high Heaven, an angel’s place. | | | | |
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