{"id":2108,"date":"2019-05-02T02:15:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T02:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:49:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:49:20","slug":"on-a-beautiful-young-maid-that-died-daughter-to-the-grieved-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108","title":{"rendered":"On a Beautiful Young Maid, that Died Daughter to the Grieved Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id='easy-footnote-1-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-1-2108' title='Whitaker argues that this poem is about the daughter of Cavendish\u2019s sister Mary, and that the poem \u201cmourn[s her] in terms reminiscent of Donne\u2019s &lt;em&gt;Anniversaries&lt;\/em&gt;\u201d; see &lt;em&gt;Mad Madge&lt;\/em&gt;, 146. She notes, however, that this reading may not have been immediately evident to everyone: \u201cThese poems did not name their subjects\u2014only those who knew Margaret\u2019s family history well would identify her relations here\u201d (146). '><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nYou lovers all come mourn here, and lament<br \/>\nOver this grave, and build a monument<br \/>\nFor beauty\u2019s everlasting memory;<br \/>\nThe world shall never such another see.<br \/>\nHer face did seem like to<span id='easy-footnote-2-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-2-2108' title='to] as 1664, 1668 '><sup>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> a glory bright,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<br \/>\nNay, e\u2019en the rising sun from her took light.<span id='easy-footnote-3-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-3-2108' title='Nay, e\u2019en the rising sun from her took light;] And when the &lt;em&gt;Sun&lt;\/em&gt; did rise, from &lt;em&gt;her&lt;\/em&gt; took &lt;em&gt;light&lt;\/em&gt;: 1653 '><sup>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nThe sun and moon could ne\u2019er eclipsed have been<br \/>\nIf e\u2019er these<span id='easy-footnote-4-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-4-2108' title='e\u2019er these] ere those 1653 '><sup>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span> planets had her beauty seen.<br \/>\nNor had this isle been subject to dark nights,<br \/>\nHad not sleep shut her eyes, and<span id='easy-footnote-5-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-5-2108' title='and] so 1653 '><sup>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span> stopped those lights; \u00a0 \u00a0 10<br \/>\nNo bodies could infection take; her breath<br \/>\nDid cleanse the air, restoring life from death.<br \/>\nBut Nature, finding she had been too free<br \/>\nIn making such a mighty power as she,<br \/>\nUsed all Industry\u2019s powerful art and skill,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15<br \/>\nAnd gave Death pow\u2019r this body for to kill.<span id='easy-footnote-6-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-6-2108' title='And gave Death pow\u2019r this body for to kill.] Gave &lt;em&gt;Death&lt;\/em&gt; a &lt;em&gt;greater power &lt;\/em&gt;this &lt;em&gt;body&lt;\/em&gt; to kill. 1653 '><sup>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nFor had but Nature let this body live, <span id='easy-footnote-7-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-7-2108' title='had but Nature let this body live,] if that &lt;em&gt;Nature&lt;\/em&gt; let this &lt;em&gt;body&lt;\/em&gt; live, 1653 '><sup>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><br \/>\nShe\u2019d\u2019ve had no work for Death nor Fates to give.<span id='easy-footnote-8-2108' class='easy-footnote-margin-adjust'><\/span><span class='easy-footnote'><a href='https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108#easy-footnote-bottom-8-2108' title='She\u2019d\u2019ve had no work for Death nor Fates to give.] &lt;em&gt;She&lt;\/em&gt; had no work for &lt;em&gt;Death,&lt;\/em&gt; nor &lt;em&gt;Fates&lt;\/em&gt; to give. 1653; She\u2019d had no Work for Death, nor Fates to give. 1664; She\u2019d had no Work for &lt;em&gt;Death&lt;\/em&gt;, nor &lt;em&gt;Fates&lt;\/em&gt; to give. 1668 '><sup>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You lovers all come mourn here, and lament Over this grave, and build a monument For beauty\u2019s everlasting memory; The world shall never such another see. Her face did seem like to a glory bright,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Nay, e\u2019en the rising sun from her took light. The sun and moon could ne\u2019er &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=2108\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On a Beautiful Young Maid, that Died Daughter to the Grieved Mother<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,218],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-register-of-mournful-verses","category-part5"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2698,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2108\/revisions\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}