An epitaph upon Thomas, late Lord Fairfax written by a person of honour.
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.
1680
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An epitaph upon Thomas, late Lord Fairfax written by a person of honour.
Buckingham, George Villiers, Duke of, 1628-1687.
1 sheet (2 p.)
s.n.,
[London? :
1680?]
Written by George Villiers. Cf. Halkett & Laing (2nd ed.).
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Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, -- Baron, 1612-1671 -- Poetry.
Broadsides -- England -- 17th century.
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AN
EPITAPH
UPON
THOMAS
Late
LORD
FAIRFAX
.
Written
by
a
Person
of
HONOUR
.
1.
Under
this
Stone
doth
lye
One
Born
for
Victory
.
FAirfax
the
Valiant
,
and
the
only
he
,
Who
e're
for
that
alone
a
Conquerour
would
be
.
Both
Sexes
Virtues
were
in
him
combin'd
,
He
had
the
fierceness
of
the
manliest
mind
,
And
all
the
meekness
too
of
Woman-kind
.
He
never
knew
what
Envy
was
,
or
Hate
;
His
Soul
was
fill'd
with
Worth
and
Honesty
,
And
with
another
thing
quite
out
of
Date
,
Call'd
Modesty
.
2.
He
ne're
seem'd
Impudent
but
in
the
Field
,
a
place
Where
Impudence
it self
dares
seldom
shew
its
Face
.
Had
any
Stranger
spy'd
him
in
a
Room
With
some
of
those
he
had
Overcome
,
And
had
not
heard
their
Talk
,
but
only
seen
Their
Gestures
and
their
Meen
,
They
would
have
sworn
he
had
the
Vanquish'd
been
.
For
as
they
brag'd
,
and
dreadful
would
appear
,
Whilst
they
their
own
ill
luck
in
War
repeated
,
His
Modesty
still
made
him
blush
to
hear
How
often
he
had
them
defeated
.
3.
Through
his
whole
Life
the
part
he
bore
Was
wonderful
and
great
,
And
yet
it
so
appear'd
in
nothing
more
,
Than
in
his
Private
last
Retreat
:
For
't
is
a
stranger
thing
to
find
One
Man
of
such
a
Glorious
mind
,
As
can
despise
the
Power
he
has
got
,
Than
Millions
of
the
Sots
and
Braves
,
Those
despicable
Fools
and
Knaves
,
Who
such
a
pudder
make
,
Through
dulness
and
mistake
,
In
seeking
after
Power
,
and
get
it
not
.
4.
When
all
the
Nation
he
had
won
,
And
with
expence
of
Blood
had
bought
Store
great
enough
he
thought
Of
Fame
and
of
Renown
,
He
then
his
Arms
laid
down
,
With
full
as
little
Pride
As
if
he
had
been
of
the
Enemy's
side
,
Or
one
of
them
could
do
that
were
undone
.
He
neither
Wealth
nor
Places
sought
,
For
others
,
not
himself
he
fought
;
He
was
content
to
know
,
For
he
had
found
it
so
,
That
when
he
pleas'd
to
Conquer
,
he
was
able
,
And
leave
the
Spoil
and
Plunder
to
the
Rabble
.
He
might
have
been
a
King
,
But
yet
he
understood
How
much
it
is
a
meaner
thing
To
be
unjustly
Great
,
than
Honourably
good
.
5.
This
from
the
World
did
Admiration
draw
,
And
from
his
Friends
both
Love
and
awe
:
Remembring
what
he
did
in
Fight
before
.
His
Foes
lov'd
him
too
,
As
they
were
bound
to
do
,
Because
he
was
Resolv'd
to
fight
no
more
.
So
blest
of
all
,
he
dy'd
;
But
far
more
blest
were
we
,
If
we
were
sure
to
live
till
we
could
see
A
Man
as
great
in
War
,
as
Just
in
Peace
as
he
.
FINIS
.