Lay a garland on my hearse,
Of the dismal yew,
Maidens, willow branches bear,
Say I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth;
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth.

(C) Francis Beaumont
03/24/2017


Best Poems of Francis Beaumont

• The Conclusion
• A Sonnet
• Fie On Love
• On The Tombs In Westminster Abbey
• Salmacis And Hermaphroditus.
• To My Dear Friend M. Ben Jonson, On His Fox
• The Glance
• An Elegy On The Lady Markham
• The Indifferent
• To My Friend M. Ben Jonson, Upon His Catiline
• Lay A Garland On My Hearse
• Ad Comitissam Rutlandiæ
• In Laudem Authoris.
• To The True Patroness Of All Poetry, Calliope
• On The Marriage Of A Beauteous Young Gentlewoman With An Ancient Man
• Upon The Silent Woman
• To The True Patronesse Of All Poetrie,
• The Author To The Reader
• The Remedy Of Love