Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Ben Jonson. 15731637192. On Elizabeth L. H. Epitaphs: i
WOULDST thou hear what Man can say | |
In a little? Reader, stay. | |
Underneath this stone doth lie | |
As much Beauty as could die: | |
Which in life did harbour give | 5 |
To more Virtue than doth live. | |
If at all she had a fault, | |
Leave it buried in this vault. | |
One name was Elizabeth, | |
The other, let it sleep with death: | 10 |
Fitter, where it died, to tell | |
Than that it lived at all. Farewell. |