Francis Beaumont

Here you will find the Poem Lay a garland on my hearse of poet Francis Beaumont

Lay a garland on my hearse

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.