| Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875. |
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| J. Milton |
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| LXXXV. To the Lady Margaret Ley |
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| DAUGHTER to that good Earl, once President | |
| Of England's Council and her Treasury, | |
| Who lived in both, unstain'd with gold or fee, | |
| And left them both, more in himself content, | |
| Till the sad breaking of that Parliament | 5 |
| Broke him, as that dishonest victory | |
| At Chæroneia, fatal to liberty, | |
| Kill'd with report that old man eloquent;— | |
| Though later born than to have known the days | |
| Wherein your father flourish'd, yet by you, | 10 |
| Madam, methinks I see him living yet; | |
| So well your words his noble virtues praise, | |
| That all both judge you to relate them true, | |
| And to possess them, honour'd Margaret. | |
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