keytopoetry.com logo
  • Home
  • Top poets
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Analyze a poem online
  • Become a Member

Lay A Garland On My Hearse: Poem by Francis Beaumont

  1. Home
  2. francis-beaumont
  3. Poems

Lay a garland on my hearse,
Of the dismal yew,
Maidens, willow branches bear,
Say I died true.
My love was false, but I was firm
From my hour of birth;
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth.

Analysis of this poem

More verses by Francis Beaumont

  • A Sonnet
  • The Indifferent
  • True Beauty
  • On The Tombs In Westminster Abbey
  • The Conclusion

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video

Poems about...
  • love
  • death
  • life
  • nature
  • family
  • spring
  • winter
  • summer
  • autumn
  • depression
  • beautiful
  • dream
  • Home
  • Analyses
  • All poets
  • Topics
  • Articles
  • Search Form
© 2017 KeyToPoetry.com. Copyright Notice | Terms | Contact us
✕