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On seeing the Monument of the Right Honourable SIDNEY, Earl of Godolphin, in Westminster-Abbey. |
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On seeing the Monument of the Right Honourable SIDNEY, Earl of Godolphin, in Westminster-Abbey.
Less noble Names let rising Columns grace,And Sculpture tell how great the Dust once was;
With Marble loaded let each Monarch sleep,
And polish'd Muses round each Poet weep;
Let too the well wrote Epitaph be shown,
Join'd to the Eloquence of wounded Stone.
Yet this one Bust superior Honour wears,
Ennobled only by the Name it bears.
Godolphin fills with Sentiments each Heart,
Beyond the Pencil's Touch, or reach of Art;
At this one Name each Reader glows with Fire,
Which Stone or graving Steel cou'd ne'er inspire.
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Can only by th'Historick Pen be shown.
To him a Monument which ne'er shall die,
The British Annals only can supply;
Those too alone can tell the mighty Fame,
Of Churchill's Honours join'd to great Godolphin's Name.
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