| Content Description | The text which consists of 12 lines, and which relates to Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, is preceded by a Latin quotation 'Sternitur infelix alieno vulnere: Virg[il]' (Virgil, Aeneid 10.781)
The date 8th March 1720 appears below the poem in the same hand.
A note in the hand of Edward Harley appears underneath the poem, 'By Mr Stephens Master at Lucton School he was of trinity colledge'. Stephens was possibly related to Harley through his mother, Abigail, daughter of Nathaniel Stephens. |