| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900. |
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| Ben Jonson. 1573–1637 |
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192. On Elizabeth L. H.
Epitaphs: i |
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| WOULDST thou hear what Man can say | |
| In a little? Reader, stay. | |
| Underneath this stone doth lie | |
| As much Beauty as could die: | |
| Which in life did harbour give | 5 |
| To more Virtue than doth live. | |
| If at all she had a fault, | |
| Leave it buried in this vault. | |
| One name was Elizabeth, | |
| The other, let it sleep with death: | 10 |
| Fitter, where it died, to tell | |
| Than that it lived at all. Farewell. | |
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