<P> While in custody in the Tower of London on 19 September ( the eve of his execution ) , Tichborne wrote to his wife Agnes . The letter contained three stanzas of poetry that is his best known piece of work , Tichborne 's Elegy , also known by its first line My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares . The poem is a dark look at a life cut short and is a favourite of many scholars to this day . Two other poems are known by him , To His Friend and The Housedove . </P>
<P> While in custody in the Tower of London on 19 September ( the eve of his execution ) , Tichborne wrote to his wife Agnes . The letter contained three stanzas of poetry that is his best known piece of work , Tichborne 's Elegy , also known by its first line My Prime of Youth is but a Frost of Cares . The poem is a dark look at a life cut short and is a favourite of many scholars to this day . Two other poems are known by him , To His Friend and The Housedove . </P>
my prime of youth is but a frost of cares summary
my prime of youth is but a frost of cares summary
Tichborne 's Elegy
Tichborne 's Elegy