"Here lies the noble warrior that never blunted sword; Here lies the noble courtier that never kept his word; Here lies his excellency that governed all the state; Here lies the L. of Leicester that all the world did hate."

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Politicians from EnglandMilitary leaders from EnglandProtestantsChancellors of the University of OxfordPeople of the Elizabethan era
Original Language: English

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Sir Walter Raleigh, "Epitaph on the Earl of Leicester"; John Hannah, ed., Poems by Sir Walter Raleigh (1892), XXIII. Fragments and Epigrams