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Underneath this sable hearse

DMI number:
23888
First Line:
Underneath this sable hearse
Last Line:
Time will throw its dart on thee
Poem Genre / Form:
Epitaph and Sestet aabbcc
Themes:
Death, Poetry / literature / writing[Mary Sidney], and Time
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Author:
Benjamin Jonson
Confidence:
Speculation (10%)
Comments:
Authorship considered unlikely in Philip Sidney, 'The subject of all verse' being an inquiry into the authorship of a famous epitaph (Oxford University Press: London, New York and Toronto, 1907).
Author:
William Browne
Confidence:
Confident (50%)
Comments:
Authorship considered likely in Philip Sidney, 'The subject of all verse' being an inquiry into the authorship of a famous epitaph (Oxford University Press: London, New York and Toronto, 1907).
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First Line:
Underneath this sable hearse
Last Line:
Time shall throw his dart at thee
Relationship:
Variant Of
Comments:
Content/Publication
Title:
A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
Page No(s):
p.6
Poem Title:
On the Countess-Dowager of Pembroke, Sister to Sir Philip Sydney.
Attribution:
Ben Jonson.
Attributed To:
Benjamin Jonson
Title:
Select Epitaphs [Vol. 1] [ESTC T137253]
Page No(s):
p.52
Poem Title:
On the Countess-Dowager of Pembroke, Sister to Sir Philip Sydney.
Attribution:
By Ben Johnson.
Attributed To:
Benjamin Jonson