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" EPITAPH. ON THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE. UNDERNEATH this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. "
Literary Anecdotes and Contemporary Reminiscences of Professor Porson and Others - Page 195
by Edmund Henry Barker - 1852
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Select Illustrations, Historical and Topographical, of Bedfordshire ...

John Docwra Parry - 1827 - 150 pages
...Johnson, is wellknown, but will not be injured by being quoted once more : — Underneath this marble hearse, Lies — the subject of all verse — Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. — Death — e'er thou hast slain another, Fair and good, and learn'd as she, Time shall throw a dart at Thee...
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Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical ..., Volume 1

Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 pages
...colours durable as the language in which it is written, her beauty, virtue, and mental endowments: Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all...verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death, ere them hast kill'd another, Fair, and learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. No....
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A Universal Biographical Dictionary, Containing the Lives of the Most ...

Charles N. Baldwin - 1820 - 458 pages
...the epitaph written by Вея Jonson, viz. " Underneath this sable hearse Liée the subject of alt verse : Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death ! ere thou hast kill'd another, Fair, and good, and learnM as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee." HERBERT, Edward, lord Herbert of Cherbury,...
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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Volume 14

1829 - 488 pages
...she had a single fanlt, Leave it buned in this vault. Another on the same, from the same source : — Underneath this sable hearse, Lies the subject of...Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother, Death ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and good, and learn 'd as she. Time shall tbrow a dart at thee ; Marble piles,...
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of science ..., Volume 11

Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 826 pages
...ever printed. Shediedin 1621. The following well known epitaph was written on her by Ben Jonson : — Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's molher : Death ! ere thou bast killed another, Fair, and good, and Icarn'd as sbc, Time shall throw...
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Volume 69

1864 - 998 pages
...supplied. Ben Jonson's, matchless epigram occupies the foremost place : — Underneath this marble hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death ! when thou hast slain another, Fair, and learned, and good as she, Timo shall throw his dart at thee....
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The Principles of English Composition: Illustrated by Examples with Critical ...

David Booth - 1831 - 366 pages
...Philip Sidney is distinguished by the Epigrammatic point in which it terminates : Underneath this marble hearse, Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister,...mother: Death, ere thou hast kill'd another Fair, and learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. We cannot resist adding another, written...
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The Library of the Old English Prose Writers ...: Sir Philip Sidney's ...

1831 - 368 pages
...inconsiderable poetic capacity, and is well known as the subject of Ben Jonson's famous epitaph ; beginning, " Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all...Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death, ere thou hast killed another Fair, and learn'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee." nominal one of...
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The Principles of English Composition: Illustrated by Examples with Critical ...

David Booth - 1831 - 408 pages
...Philip Sidney is distinguished by the Epigrammatic point in which it terminates : Underneath this marble hearse, Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother: Death, ere thou hast kill VI another Fair, and leam'd, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee. We cannot resist...
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The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1832 - 846 pages
...Her epitaph, written by Ben Jonson, has never been exceeded in the records of posthumous praise : ' Underneath this sable hearse, Lies the subject of...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.' To these simple...
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