Thomas Carew. 1595?-1639?
294. Epitaph On the Lady Mary Villiers
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THE Lady Mary Villiers lies Under this stone; with weeping eyes The parents that first gave her birth, And their sad friends, laid her in earth. If any of them, Reader, were Known unto thee, shed a tear; Or if thyself possess a gem As dear to thee, as this to them, Though a stranger to this place, Bewail in theirs thine own hard case:   For thou perhaps at thy return   May'st find thy Darling in an urn.

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Thomas Carew. 1595?-1639?
295. Another
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