| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Epitaphs | | On Sir William Trumbull |
| | | | One of the Principal Secretaries of State to King William III |
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| Who, having resigned his Place, died in his retirement at Easthamsted, in Berkshire, 1716. |
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A PLEASING Form, a firm, yet cautious Mind; | |
| Sincere, tho’ prudent; constant, yet resign’d: | |
| Honour unchanged, a Principle profest, | |
| Fix’d to one side, but mod’rate to the rest: | |
| An honest Courtier, yet a Patriot too, | 5 |
| Just to his Prince, and to his Country true: | |
| Fill’d with the Sense of age, the Fire of youth, | |
| A scorn of Wrangling, yet a zeal for Truth; | |
| A gen’rous Faith, from superstition free, | |
| A love to Peace, and hate of Tyranny; | 10 |
| Such this Man was, who now, from earth remov’d, | |
| At length enjoys that Liberty he lov’d. | | | |
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