Ye holy virgins that with snowy feet
- DMI number:
- 34503
- First Line:
- Ye holy virgins that with snowy feet
- Last Line:
- Yea phoenix like to perish in the fire
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Epitaph and Couplet
- Themes:
- Death
- Author:
- Francis Quarles
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Composite extracts from 'Canticles 5.8.', I ('You holy virgins that so oft surround') and 'The Entertainment', VII ('Is Phoenix like to perish in that fire'). Emblemes (1643, ESTC R5718): 249 & 154.
- Title:
- A new select collection of epitaphs [vol I] [T136904] [ecco]
- Page No(s):
- p.225
- Poem Title:
- On Mary Saunders, Aet. 19.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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