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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

Epitaph: ‘Underneath this sable hearse’

Ben Jonson (1572–1637)

UNDERNEATH this sable hearse

Lies the subject of all verse,—

Sidney’s sister, Pembroke’s mother.

Death! ere thou hast killed another

Fair, and learned, and good as she,

Time shall throw a dart at thee.