205. On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke. William Browne (?). 1909-14. English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics

English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

205. On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke

William Browne (?) (1591–1643(?))


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,	5
Time shall throw a dart at thee.