On Bishop Atterbury's Burying the Duke of Buckingham, 1720

" I HAVE no hopes," the Duke he says, and dies ;
"In sure and certain hopes," the Prelate cries:
Of these two learned Peers, I pr'ythee, say, man.
Who is the lying Knave, the Priest or Layman ?
The Duke he stands an infidel confest,
" He's our dear brother," quoth the lordly priest.
The Duke though Knave, still " Brother dear," he cries ;
And who can say, the Reverend Prelate lies ?