| Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–42). The Poetical Works. 1880. | | | | An Epitaph of Sir Thomas Gravener, Knight |
| | | UNDER this stone there lieth at rest | |
| A friendly man, a worthy knight; | |
| Whose heart and mind was ever prest | |
| To favour truth, to further right. | |
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| The poor’s defence, his neighbour’s aid, | 5 |
| Most kind always unto his kin; | |
| That stint all strife, that might be stayed; | |
| Whose gentle grace great love did win. | |
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| A man, that was full earnest set | |
| To serve his prince at all assays: | 10 |
| No sickness could him from it let; | |
| Which was the shortening of his days. | |
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| His life was good, he died full well; | |
| The body here, the soul in bliss | |
| With length of words why should I tell, | 15 |
| Or farther shew, that well known is; | |
| Since that the tears of more and less, | |
Right well declare his worthiness.
Vivit post funera Virtus. | | | | |
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