Death & Dying

Epigram 120. An Epitaph on Mr. Humphry Cumberford who died in Tamworth about the 34th year of his age, and lyes there buried

by Sir Aston Cokain 1608–1684

From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)

Death & Dying

Here Master Humphry Cumberford doth ly,
Who was a Man of truth, and honesty.
A Lady Knighted him (to his good fate)
Whose Honour so scap'd nulling by the State.
Belov'd he was by all of every sort,
From Bess of Bow-Mill to the very Court.
He dy'd a maid, or (if he did do ill)
'Twas not his Nature, but against his will.
But let him rest in peace; and may we all
Wish, we may die as well when death doth call.

MLA

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 120. An Epitaph on Mr. Humphry Cumberford who died in Tamworth about the 34th year of his age, and lyes there buried.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/165/.

Chicago

Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 120. An Epitaph on Mr. Humphry Cumberford who died in Tamworth about the 34th year of his age, and lyes there buried.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/165/.

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