On His Lady Marie

William Strode 1602 – 1645



Marie, Incarnate Virtue, Soule and Skin
Both pure, whom Death not Life convincd of Sin,
Had Daughters like seven Pleiades; but She
Was a prime Star of greatest Claritie.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 174
Words 31
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4

William Strode

William Strode (c. 1602 – 1645) was an English poet, Doctor of Divinity and Public Orator of Oxford University, one of the Worthies of Devon of John Prince (d.1723). more…

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