The poetical works of Robert Stephen Hawker Edited from the original manuscripts and annotated copies together with a prefatory notice and bibliography by Alfred Wallis |
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TRANSLATION
OF AN EPITAPH ON ROSA, COUNTESS OF WARWICK, IN BROADHIMSON CHURCHYARD. |
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TRANSLATION OF AN EPITAPH ON ROSA, COUNTESS OF WARWICK, IN BROADHIMSON CHURCHYARD.
Rose of the world! thy tender bloomWill live no more in earthly bower,
The grave hath drank the sweet perfume
Which once was thine, thou lovely flower!
Yet thou hast left this place of tears,
To breathe in sweetness purer air,
For thou shalt bloom in happier spheres,
And none shall steal thy fragrance there!
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