ON THE MONUMENT OF THE MARQUIS OF WINCHESTER. HE who in impious times undaunted stood, And midst rebellion durft be just and good: Whofe arms afferted, and whose sufferings more Confirm'd the caufe for which he fought before, Refts here, rewarded by an heavenly prince; 5 For what his earthly could not recompence. Pray, reader, that fuch times no more appear: Or, if they happen, learn true honour here. Ver. 1. He who in impious] He was a nobleman of great fpirit and intrepidity, who withstood in his magnificent caftle of Bafing in Hampshire, an obftinate fiege of two years against the rebels, who levelled it to the ground, because in every window was written Aymer Loyauté. He died in 1674, and was buried in the church of Englefield in Berkshire, where his monument with this epitaph ftill remains. It is remarkable that Milton wrote a beautiful epitaph on the Marchionefs his lady. It was the fingular lot, both of husband and wife, to have received the honour of being celebrated by two such poets. Dr. J. WARTON. Ask of this age's faith and loyalty, Which, to preferve them, heaven confin'd in thee. 10 Few fubjects could a king like thine deserve : And fewer, such a king fo well could ferve. Bleft king, bleft subject, whose exalted state By fufferings rofe, and gave the law to fate. 14 Such fouls are rare, but mighty patterns given To earth, and meant for ornaments to heaven. THE FAIR STRANGER*, A SONG. I. HAPPY and free, fecurely bleft, Till II. you defcending on our plains, With foreign force renew my chains; Where now you rule without controul The mighty fovereign of my foul. This fong is a compliment to the Dutchefs of Portsmouth on her first coming to England. DERRICK |