Sir Walter Ralegh (?). Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester.

Sir Walter Ralegh
Questionable Attribution

Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester

Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester, died
September 4, 1588

        Here lies the noble warrior that never blunted sword;
        Here lies the noble courtier that never kept his word;
        Here lies his excellency that govern'd all the State;
        Here lies the Lord of Leicester that all the world did hate.

Choice Passages from the Writings and Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh.
Grosart, Alexander. B, Ed.
London: Elliot Stock, 1893. 25.

to the Works of Sir Walter Ralegh