 The greatest shepherdess that lives this day, And most resembling both in shape and spright Her brother dear;" and upon whose death, when her course was ended, Ben Jonson wrote: " Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's sister,...  A Manual of English Literature - Page 207by Henry Morley - 1879 - 665 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English periodicals - 1900 - 684 pages
...Mary, Countess of Pembroke, seems to have been worthy of her lineage. Spenser called her " The gentlest shepherdess that lives this day, And most resembling, both in shape and sprite, Her brother dear," and Jonson's terse inscription was the grateful, and well known, acknowledgment... | |
 | James George Barlace - England - 1819 - 408 pages
...has been many times printed, notwithstanding such a model of panegyric cannot be thought tedious. " Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all...verse: Sidney's Sister, Pembroke's mother. Death ! ere thou kilPst such another, Fair, and good, and learn'd as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee." " In... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...sheep, was not like mourning seen. But first his sister that Clorinda hight, The gentlest shepheardesse that lives this day, And most resembling both in shape and spright Her brother deare, began this dolefull lay. Which, least I marre the sweetnesse of the vearse, In sort as she*... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...sheep, was not like mourning seen. But first his sister that Clorinda hight, The gentlest shepheardesse that lives this day, And most resembling both in shape and spright Her brother deare, began this dolefull lay. Which, least I marre the sweetnesse of the vearse, In sort as she*... | |
 | Charles N. Baldwin - Biography - 1826 - 454 pages
...ingenious poet. Her character may be highly judged ol, from the epitaph written by Ben Jonton, viz. и Underneath this sable hearse ' Lies the subject of...* Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother. Death ! ere thou hast kill'd another, Fair, and good, and learn'd ая she, Time ihatl throw a dart at thee." HERBERT,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 pages
...dirge written by the countess herself on the death of sir Philip, he designates her as The gentlest shepherdess that lives this day, And most resembling, both in shape and spright, Her brother deare *. Another advantage of a similar kind which the fair subject of our narrative enjoyed may be... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1828 - 360 pages
...dirge written by the countess herself on the death of sir Philip, he designates her as The gentlest shepherdess that lives this day, And most resembling, both in shape and spright, Her brother deare *. Another advantage of a similar kind which the fair subject of our narrative enjoyed may be... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...ever printed. She died in 1621. The following well known epitaph was written on her by Ben Jonson :— Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all...verse, Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother : Death ! ere thou hast killed another, Fair, and good, and learn'd as she. Time shall throw a dart on thee. HERBERT... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Anecdotes - 1832 - 846 pages
...Her epitaph, written by Ben Jonson, has never been exceeded in the records of posthumous praise : ' Underneath this sable hearse, Lies the subject of...verse. Sidney's sister, Pembroke's mother, Death ere thou hast killed another, Fair and learned, and good as she, Time shall throw a dart at thee.' To these... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1839 - 444 pages
...was not like mourning seen. But first his sister that Clorinda hight, 211 The gentlest shepheardesse that lives this day, And most resembling both in shape and spright Her brother deare, began this dolefull lay. Which, least I marre the sweetnesse of the vearse, In sort as she it... | |
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