John Milton. (1608–1674). Complete Poems.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| To the Lady Margaret Ley |
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| (1644–5) |
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| DAUGHTER to that good Earl, one President | |
| Of England’s Council and her Treasury, | |
| Who lived in both unstained 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 Chæronea, fatal to liberty, | |
| Killed with report that old man eloquent, | |
| Though later born than to have known the days | |
| Wherein your father flourished, 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, honoured Margaret. | |
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