Underneath This Sable Hearse Lies The Subject Of All Verse,-- Sidney's Sister, Pembroke's Mother.

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Underneath this sable hearse
Lies the subject of all verse,--
Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother.
Death, ere thou hast slain another,
Learn'd and fair and good as she,
Time shall throw a dart at thee.
-- Ben Jonson (1573-1637)
-- Epitaph on the Countess of Pembroke

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