Thomas Humphry Ward, ed. The English Poets. 1880–1918.rnVol. II. The Seventeenth Century: Ben Jonson to Dryden
Francis Beaumont (15841616) and John Fletcher (15791625)Song from The Maids Tragedy
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Of the dismal yew;
Maidens, willow branches bear;
Say, I died true.
From my hour of birth.
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!