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AN EPITAPH ON THE EARL OF SANDWICH by THOMAS FLATMAN

First Line: HERE LIES THE DUST OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS MAN
Last Line: LIES EQUAL HERE WITH ENGLAND'S GREATEST KINGS.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; MONTAGU, EDWARD. 1ST EARL OF SANDWICH;
HERE lies the dust of that illustrious man,
That triumph'd o'er the Ocean;
Who for his country nobly courted Death,
And dearly sold his glorious breath,
Or in a word, in this cold narrow grave
Sandwich the Good, the Great, the Brave
(Oh frail estate of sublunary things!),
Lies equal here with England's greatest kings.



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