Death & Dying
Epigram 104. An Epitaph of Colonel Ferdinand Stanhope Son to the Earl of Chesterfield, who was slain about Shelford, and lies there buried
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Here underneath this monumental Stone
Lie Honour, Youth, and Beauty all in One:
For Ferdinando Stanhope here doth rest,
Of all those Three the most unequal'd Test.
He was too handsome and too stout to be
Met face to face by any Enemy;
Therefore his foe (full for his death inclin'd)
Stole basely near, and shot him through behind.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 104. An Epitaph of Colonel Ferdinand Stanhope Son to the Earl of Chesterfield, who was slain about Shelford, and lies there buried.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/149/.
Chicago
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 104. An Epitaph of Colonel Ferdinand Stanhope Son to the Earl of Chesterfield, who was slain about Shelford, and lies there buried.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/149/.
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