...here by Anne Cliffordj 'Dorset, Pembroke, and Montgomery.' 1 Doe pious marble ! let thy readers knowe What they and what their children owe To Drayton's...sacred dust We recommend unto thy trust. Protect his mem'ry, and preserve his storye, Remaine a lastinge monument of his glorye ; And when thy ruines shall...

...near him lie the bodies of Dryden, Beaumont, Cowley, and Drayton. Drayton's epitaph is a fine one — Do, pious marble, let thy readers know What they and...; Remain a lasting monument of his glory. And when the ruins shall disclaim To be thy treasurer of his name, His name, that cannot fade, shall be An everlasting...

...attributed to Ben Jonson's pen, on the " pious marble " appeal in vain to the modern tourist to remember "what they and what their children owe to Drayton's...name, Whose sacred dust we recommend unto thy trust." Drayton himself, in some verses written shortly before his death, speaks of his own "swart and melancholy...

...Drayton.' ' Drayton I ' I replied : 'I never heard of him before.1"* The epitaph is a fine one : — Do, pious marble, let thy readers know What they and...name, whose sacred dust We recommend unto thy trust. Ptotect his memory and preserve his story ; Remain a lasting monument of his glory. And when thy ruins...

...confident his contemporaries were of his abiding fame is evident from the glowing epitaph on his tomb : Do, pious marble, let thy readers know What they and what their children owe 97 To Drayton's name, whose sacred dust We recommend unto thy trust. Protect his memory and preserve...

...as he gazes up at that typical form, partake of the inspiration that we would have to linger here. "Pious marble! Let thy readers know What they and what their children owe To the brave men whose sacred dust We here commit unto thy trust. Protect their memory, preserve their...

...disdain, But shew'd and then put up again.3 Camden himself, addressing Michael Drayton's monument, says : Do, pious marble, let thy Readers know What they and what their children owe To Drayton's name.4 1 Diary, Feb. 17, 1661-2. * Printed by Camden Society, No. 83. » Camden's Remains, ' On Epitaphs.'...

...Countess of Dorset : — " Do, pions marble, let thy readers know What they and what their children owo To Drayton's name, whose sacred dust We recommend...Protect his memory, and preserve his story; Remain a lusting monument of his glory: And when thy rnins shall disclaim To be the treasurer of hie name, HU...

...Name ; whose sacred Dust We recommend unto thy trust : No. 39. THE PALATINE NOTE-BOOK. Protect Ills Memory and preserve his Story, Remain a lasting Monument of his Glory : And when thy Ruins shall proclaime To be the Treasurer of his Name ; His Name that cannot fade shall be An everlasting Monument...