The Phoenix and Turtle (Quarto, 1601)
Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Hardy M. CookNot Peer Reviewed
¶Whereupon it made this
Threne,
50To the
Phœnix and the
Doue,
¶Co-
supremes and
starres of Loue,
¶As
Chorus to their Tragique Scene.
¶BEautie, Truth, and Raritie,
¶Grace in all
simplicitie,
55Here enclo
sde, in cinders lie.
¶Death is now the
Phœnix ne
st,
¶And the
Turtles loyall bre
st,