Who never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier, Who never kept his word ; Here lies the Earle of Leister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just Heaven now hates. Publications - Page 24by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) - 1842Full view - About this book
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 472 pages
...not of his composition ; ••; ' EPITAPH ON THE ERLE OF LEICESTER. Here lies a valiant warriour. Who never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier,...never living love, And the just Heaven now hates. INTRODUCTION NOTES THE PIRATE. TO THE PIRATE. " Quoth he, there was a ship." THIS brief preface may... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 474 pages
...evidently not of his composition : EPITAPH ON THE ERLE OF LEICESTER. Here lies a valiant warriour, Who never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier,...never living love, And the just Heaven now hates. INTRODUCTION NOTES THE PIRATE. INTRODUCTION TO THE PIRATE. " Quoth he, there was a ship." THIS brief... | |
| Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...evidently not of his composition : EPITAPH ON THE ERLE OF LEISTER. ./ Here lies a valiant warriour, Who never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier, Who never kept his word ; Here lies the Erie of Leister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just Heaven... | |
| William Beattie - Abbeys - 1842 - 398 pages
...Scott, " not of his composition :" — on ifir >3i U of Heisltr. Here lies a valiant warrior, Wlio never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier, Who never kept his word ; Here lies the Erie of Leister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just Heaven... | |
| William Beattie - Abbeys - 1843 - 422 pages
...using it. It may be here added, that the following satirical lEpitapfi on Kir Crlf of Hristrr. Here lies a valiant warrior, Who never drew a sword ; Here...courtier, Who never kept his word ; Here lies the Erie of Lcister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just Heaven... | |
| William Beattie - 1844 - 404 pages
...evident\y,'* says Scott, " not of his composition :" — VOL. I. 2K on tljr (frit of ?!ri$lrr. Here lies a valiant warrior, Who never drew a sword; Here...noble courtier, Who never kept his word; Here lies the Erie of Leister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just heaven... | |
| Walter Scott - 1844 - 662 pages
...is evidently not of In i composition : EPITAPH ON THE ERLE OF LEISTER. Here lies a valiant wamour, Who never drew a sword ; Here lies a noble courtier, Who never kept his word ; Here lies the Erie of Leister, Who govern'd the estates, Whom the earth could never living love, And the just Heaven... | |
| 1850 - 600 pages
...following epitaph "of the Earl of Leister," probably communicated to Drummond by Ben Jbnson : — " Here lies a valiant warrior, who never drew a sword — Here lies a noble courtier, who never kept IIH word — Hera lies the Earl of Lebter, who governed the ettalM, Whom the earth could never living... | |
| 1853 - 298 pages
...the world with any disparagement."—PC u Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, died September 4,1588. It had been suspected he died of poison, and that...who was daughter to Robert Earl of Leicester, and, consequeutly, niece to Sir Philip Sidney. She wrote a pastoral romance called Urania, in imitation... | |
| Thomas Amyot, John Payne Collier, William Durrant Cooper, Alexander Dyce, Barron Field, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright - English drama - 1853 - 510 pages
...following epitaph, " Of the Earle of Lei[ce]ster," probably communicated to Drummond by Beu Jouson : — Heere lies a valiant warrior, who never drew a sword...kept his word ; Here lies the Earle of Leister, who goveru'd the Estates ; Whom the' Earth could never living love, and the just Heaven now hates. * Jonson... | |
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