Death & Dying
Epigram 86. An Epitaph on my most honoured kinsman Ferdinando Earl of Huntington, who deceased at his house in Donnington Park about the 48 year of his age, and lyes buried at Ashby de la Zouch
From A Chain of Golden Poems (1658)
Here Ferdinando Earl of Huntington
Doth lye inter'd under this Marble-stone;
Which will weep drops of dew, if we refrain
To shed our tears; yet weeping is in vain.
Nor sighes nor tears will call him from his urn;
Our griefs then let's to imitation turn.
Let's emulate his worthy Parts (for such
His Qualities were) and we shall merit much:
For each man may report that passeth by,
Courtesie and good Nature here doth lie.
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MLA
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 86. An Epitaph on my most honoured kinsman Ferdinando Earl of Huntington, who deceased at his house in Donnington Park about the 48 year of his age, and lyes buried at Ashby de la Zouch.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/252/.
Chicago
Cokain, Aston. “Epigram 86. An Epitaph on my most honoured kinsman Ferdinando Earl of Huntington, who deceased at his house in Donnington Park about the 48 year of his age, and lyes buried at Ashby de la Zouch.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cokain/252/.
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