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Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
  
William Browne, of Tavistock. 1588–1643
  
246. On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke
Epitaphs
  
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. 
 
 
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