Epigram 57. An Epitaph on King Arthur

Arthur our Worthy, whose grand fame in war
Shall evermore load Fames triumphant Car,
This Marble covers; nobler dust then those
For whom the Pyramids of Egypt rose.
Had but his life reacht out to his intent,
Queen Artemisia's wondrous Monument
Had been his Sepulchre, and not his tombe;
His merits would have rose to such a summe.
Nothing but treason foul could periodize
The Progress in his Saxon victories:
And Glassenbury Abbey loudly boasts
That it contains the Terrour of their Hoasts.