Epitaph On a Nephew, In Catworth Church, Huntingdonshire
John Dryden 1631 (Aldwincle) – 1631 (London)
Stay, stranger, stay, and drop one tear.
She always weeps, who laid him here;
And will do till her race is run;
His father's fifth, her only son.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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| Scheme | ABCC |
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| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 153 |
| Words | 30 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
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