Death & Dying
Epigram 89. An Epitaph on my worthy Cousin German Colonel Michael Stanhope slain at Willoughbie-Fight, and lyes buried in the Church there
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Here Michael Stanhope lies, who fought and dy'd,
When prosp'rous fortune left the Regal side:
He of a dauntless minde by all was known,
And of a Noble disposition:
Yet his conditions, and his valiant Heart
Could not prevail with Death to stay his Dart;
For here he lies, and doth (by's Fall) express,
Great Courages do often want Success.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 89. An Epitaph on my worthy Cousin German Colonel Michael Stanhope slain at Willoughbie-Fight, and lyes buried in the Church there.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/133/.
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Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 89. An Epitaph on my worthy Cousin German Colonel Michael Stanhope slain at Willoughbie-Fight, and lyes buried in the Church there.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/133/.
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