| Alexander Pope (1688–1744). Complete Poetical Works. 1903. | | | | Epitaphs | | On the Hon. Simon Harcourt |
| | | | Only Son of the Lord Chancellor Harcourt |
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| At the Church of Stanton-Harcourt, Oxfordshire, 1720. |
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TO this sad shrine, whoe’er thou art, draw near; | |
| Here lies the Friend most lov’d, the Son most dear; | |
| Who ne’er knew Joy but Friendship might divide, | |
| Or gave his father grief but when he died. | |
| How vain is Reason, Eloquence how weak! | 5 |
| If Pope must tell what Harcourt cannot speak. | |
| Oh, let thy once-lov’d friend inscribe thy stone, | |
| And with a father’s sorrows mix his own! | | | |
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