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Twice did I see the old prelacy pulled down | Twice did I see the old prelacy pulled down | ||
Latest revision as of 22:55, 10 July 2017
An Epitaph on Margery Scott who died at Dunkeld in Scotland 26 Feb: 1728 [nb: she would have been about 100yrs old at death, according to the poem]
Stop, Passenger, untill my life you read: The living may get knowledge from the dead: Five times five years I led a virgin life: Ten times five years I was a virtuous life Five times five years I liv'd a widow chaste Now tired of this mortal Life; I rest. Between my cradle and grave have been Eight mighty Kings of Scotland, and a Queen Four times five years a commonwealth I saw Ten times the subject rose against the Law Twice did I see the old prelacy pulled down and twice the Cloak war humbled by the gown An End of Stewarts Reign -- I say no more I saw my Country sold for English ore. Such desolation in my time hath been I have an end of all the Perfection Seen!