EPIGRAMS.
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Hero_ and _Leander_. Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground,Both whom one fire had burnt, one water drownd. [Hero and Leander. _1633-69_, _A18_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCC_,_TCD_, _W_] _Pyramus_ and _Thisbe_. Two, by themselves, each other, love and feareSlaine, cruell friends, by parting have joyn'd here. [Pyramus and Thisbe. _1633-69_, _A18_, _Cy_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_,_TCC_, _TCD_, _W_] [1: feare] feare, _Chambers, and Grolier_ (_which drops allthe other commas_)] _Niobe._ By childrens births, and death, I am becomeSo dry, that I am now mine owne sad tombe. [Niobe. _1633-69_, _A18_, _HN_, _N_, _O'F_, _TCC_, _TCD_, _W_] [2: mine owne sad tombe. _1633-69:_ mine owne tombe. _A18_,_N_, _TC:_ made mine owne tombe. _HN_, _W_] _A burnt ship._ Out of a fired ship, which, by no wayBut drowning, could be rescued from the flame,Some men leap'd forth, and ever as they cameNeere the foes ships, did by their shot decay;So all were lost, which in the ship were found,They in the sea being burnt, they in the burnt ship drown'd. [A burnt ship. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ Nave arsa._W:_ De Nave arsa. _O'F_. _See note_] _Fall of a wall._ Vnder an undermin'd, and shot-bruis'd wallA too-bold Captaine perish'd by the fall,Whose brave misfortune, happiest men envi'd,That had a towne for tombe, his bones to hide. [Fall of a wall. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_ Casod'un muro. _O'F_, _W_] [4 towne _1633 and MSS.:_ towre _1635-69_ bones _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ corpse _B_, _HN_, _O'F_,_W_] _A lame begger._ I am unable, yonder begger cries,To stand, or move; if he say true, hee _lies_. [A lame begger. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TC:_ A beggar. _HN:__no title_, _P:_ Zoppo. _O'F_, _W_] _Cales_ and _Guyana_. If you from spoyle of th'old worlds farthest endTo the new world your kindled valors bend,What brave examples then do prove it trewThat one things end doth still beginne a new. [Cales and Guyana. _O'F:_ Calez _&c._ _W:_ _first printed inGosse's_ Life and Letters of John Donne (1899)] _Sir Iohn Wingefield._ Beyond th'old Pillers many have travailedTowards the Suns cradle, and his throne, and bed:A fitter Piller our Earle did bestowIn that late Island; for he well did knowFarther then Wingefield no man dares to goe. [Sir Iohn Wingefield. _Ed:_ Il Cavalliere Gio: Wingef: _W:_On Cavallero Wingfield. _O'F:_ _first printed in Gosse's_ Lifeand Letters of John Donne (1899)] [2 throne _W:_ grave _O'F_] [4 late _W:_ Lady _O'F_] _A selfe accuser._ Your mistris, that you follow whores, still taxeth you:'Tis strange that she should thus confesse it, though'it be true. [A selfe accuser. _1633-69:_ A Mistrisse. _HN:_ _no title_,_B_, _O'F_, _W_] [2 that] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_, _W_ thus] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_, _W_ it] _om._ _HN_, _O'F_] _A licentious person._ Thy sinnes and haires may no man equall call,For, as thy sinnes increase, thy haires doe fall. [A licentious person. _1633-69_, _A18_, _N_, _TCC_, _TCD:_Whore. _HN:_ _no title_, _O'F_, _RP31_, _W_] [1 Thy] His _and so throughout_, _RP31_] _Antiquary._
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